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Kaiser Permanente study shows screening efforts cut colorectal cancer deaths in half

Permanente Medicine

Early screening helps erase racial health disparities The study showed a significant reduction of colorectal cancer deaths among Black patients, which decreased from 52 per 100,000 in 2009 to 23.5 Levin, MD , a Kaiser Permanente Division of Research scientist and gastroenterologist with The Permanente Medical Group.