National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable (NCCRT)

NCCRT's newest resource, Lead Time Messaging Guidebook, is a tool for healthcare providers to encourage on-time screening. With tactics and resources, this guide is another step in our efforts to reach #80inEveryCommunity. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eJK7vGMy

We have a new partner resource to share! Last week, the National Association of Chronic Disease Directors (NACDD), supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and partnered with Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research, submitted their newest listening session guidebook on cancer screening in tribal communities. To learn more about how to work with, engage, and adapt cancer screening messaging with and for the American Indian community, visit the resource page: https://lnkd.in/gqMdRrcn

Don't miss out on the #NCCRT2024 Annual Meeting, members! The regular registration rate of $350 ends tomorrow, October 16, at 11:59pm and rises to $400. Check your inboxes for a reminder email sent earlier today if you haven't registered or email nccrt@cancer.org to check your status or learn more.

Wow - this is amazing. I believe this is now the 3rd North Dakota organization to receive this national award in recognition of their outstanding improvements in colorectal cancer screening. This is SUCH an impactful preventive measure to champion and prioritize - truly lifesaving! This issue will always hold a special place in my heart. Get screened, friends!! 🩵🩵🩵

“Our initial screening rate was 41% in October 2022 and our goal was then set as 60% for patients 45-75 years old, but we achieved that goal very quickly. We decided to reach higher and pursue the same goal as the American Cancer Society NCCRT, which is 80% in every community across the nation. Our 2024 year-to-date screening rate for patients 45-75 years old is currently 71.5%.” -Kari Novak, Kristen Pastorek, and Merideth Bell at Unity Medical Center on their drive to increase colorectal screenings across North Dakota

Did you miss it? We posted a newly updated agenda for the #NCCRT2024 Annual Meeting last week! Check out the latest confirmed speakers and sessions here and be sure to register before the rate rises on October 17: https://lnkd.in/gHNcmQRf

Did you attend the Western Colorectal Cancer Consortium (WC4) hosted by the California Colorectal Cancer Coalition recently? The Strategic Director of the ACS NCCRT, Kaitlin Sylvester, attended and had this to say: “WC4 was a hybrid event and brought together national and regional experts on CRC and covered topics like advocacy, early-age onset CRC signs and symptoms, primary risk factors for CRC, and ongoing efforts to improve access to quality CRC screening. It was an honor to be invited to share the work of the ACS NCCRT with such an esteemed audience, and I would like to extend my gratitude to Margaret Hitchcock and the WC4 planning team for inviting me to participate." Drop your key takeaways below from WC4 if you attended or learn more about the conference here: https://lnkd.in/gVc-3Gm9

Celebrate #NationalHispanicHeritageMonth by downloading our Hispanics/Latinos and Colorectal Cancer Companion Guide! The guide outlines how to effectively target messaging with this group in mind and increase colorectal cancer screening rates to help us reach #80PercentinEveryCommunity. 🔗: https://lnkd.in/gNmK9whH

The latest blog from the National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable (NCCRT) highlights our work to increase colorectal cancer screening rates and reach #80PercentinEveryCommunity, but especially ours in Grafton, ND! Read more about all we’ve done since October 2022 to increase rates to 71.5% screened for colorectal cancer. https://lnkd.in/gsk8Y7dR

Our latest blog highlights the work of one of 2024 80% in Every Community National Acheivement Award Honorees: Unity Medical Center. Read the blog to learn more about what they've done as a rural North Dakota critical access hospital since October 2022 to increase rates to 71.5% screened here: https://lnkd.in/gsk8Y7dR