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Local outreach coordinator urges free cancer screenings for uninsured residents
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Colleen Jackson of the Cancer Services Program of Northeastern New York told the Village of Champlain trustees that the state-funded program offers free breast, cervical and colorectal screening, fit kits for at-home stool tests, and case management tied to Medicaid cancer treatment coverage.
Colleen Jackson, community outreach coordinator for the Cancer Services Program of Northeastern New York, told the Village of Champlain Board of Trustees in February that CSP offers free breast, cervical and colorectal cancer screening to uninsured and underinsured residents in Essex, Clinton and Franklin counties.
The program, funded by a New York State grant and contracted through the Fitzpatrick Cancer Center and CBPH, provides outreach, at-home fecal immunochemical test (FIT) kits for colorectal screening and follow-up case management. Jackson said the program…
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