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Investigators from University of Southern Florida Report New Data on Colon Cancer (Original Research Colorectal Cancer Risk Factors and Screening Among the Uninsured of Tampa Bay: a Free Clinic Study)
2021 MAY 03 (NewsRx) - By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Disease Prevention Daily - Data detailed on Oncology - Colon Cancer have been presented. According to news reporting from Tampa, Florida, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, "Uninsured patients with low socioeconomic status are at high risk for developing colorectal cancer (CRC), and data on risk factors and prevalence of CRC in this population are limited. The purpose of this study was to assess the risk factors for CRC in uninsured patients from free clinics in the Tampa Bay area of Florida." The news correspondents obtained a quote from the research from the University of Southern Florida, "We conducted a retrospective cohort study among patients 50 years or older who were provided service at 9 free clinics in the Tampa Bay area between 2016 and 2018. Demographics, chronic disease characteristics, and screening data were collected via a query of paper and electronic medical records. Of the 13,982 patients seen, 5,139 (36.8%) were aged 50 years or older. Most were female (56.8%), non-Hispanic White (41.1%), and unemployed (54.9%). Patients with CRC screening were more likely to be employed compared with patients without CRC screening (54.4% vs 44.4%, P = .01). Within the cohort, 725 (22.7%) patients were active smokers, 771 (29.2%) patients currently consumed alcohol, and 23 patients (0.4%) had a history of inflammatory bowel disease. Patients had a median body mass index of 29.4 (interquartile range, 25.4 & ndash;34.2) kg/m2, and 1,455 (28.3%) had diabetes. Documented CRC screening was found among 341 (6.6%) patients. Uninsured patients had a high prevalence of CRC risk factors but a low reported screening rate for CRC."
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