How to prevent disparities in colon cancer screening

(Group Health Research Institute) People living in poverty are less likely to be screened for colorectal cancer -- and more likely to develop the disease and die from it. Mailing a stool test promises to help end these disparities, write Beverly Green, M.D., M.P.H., and Gloria Coronado, Ph.D., of Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research in JAMA Internal Medicine.