Quality Improvement in Cancer Screening: Highlighting Breast and Colorectal Cancer
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Editor's Note: This is the first of a 2-part series focused on quality improvement in cancer screening. The first part highlights screening specific to breast and colon cancer. The second part will review some theories of health behavior that can be applied to motivate patients to adopt regular screening behavior and will emphasize risk assessment, decision support for patients, and enhancement of communication between clinicians and patients.
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