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Statewide 'Connect' program aims to expand colorectal screening to all Texas counties, grantee says
Summary
A CPRIT‑funded Connect project briefing described a two‑year effort to develop a statewide colorectal cancer screening infrastructure, stakeholder network, data standards and pilot navigation programs to increase screening in underserved areas.
Doctor Kiran Shokar, lead for the Connect colorectal screening project, presented outcomes from the first two years of a CPRIT‑funded initiative to build a statewide colorectal cancer screening strategy.
Shokar said the program’s objectives are to ensure every eligible person in Texas has a pathway to screening, to establish a stakeholder network representing regions and community types, to develop infrastructure and data systems, and to…
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