‘No one solution’: Noninvasive testing, AI, risk scores poised to refine CRC screening

“We all have a part to play in reducing the burden of colorectal cancer,” Shivan J. Mehta, MD, MBA, MSHP, associate professor of medicine and health policy and associate chief innovation officer at University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, told Healio. “No one solution is going to solve the problem alone.”

Mehta highlighted the importance of patient outreach programs to ensure adherence and follow-up.

“When Kaiser Permanente in Northern California implemented a population health strategy of mailing stool testing kits to their patients, they found that it reduced the incidence of colorectal cancer, improved outcomes and eliminated disparities between Black and non-Black patients,” he said.