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Article: Northern California Cancer Center Study Seeks to Improve Colon Cancer Screening in Vietnamese Communities.
- Article from:
- Cancer Weekly
- Article date:
- March 31, 2009
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The Northern California Cancer Center (NCCC) -- www.nccc.org -- is conducting a first-of-its-kind study of interventions to improve colon cancer screening rates among Vietnamese Americans, who have lower rates compared to non-Hispanic whites. NCCC Scientist Bang Nguyen, Dr.P.H. is leading the study that involves developing and distributing culturally and linguistically competent educational materials to Vietnamese Americans and health providers (see also Colon Cancer).
While colon cancer ranks as the fourth most common cancer in the United States and the third most common for Vietnamese men and women, the disease is largely preventable since screenings can find ...