Mental Illness Is Not Associated with Adherence to Colorectal Cancer Screening: Results from the California Health Interview Survey

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• 作者：Elizabeth Siantz ; Brian Wu ; Mark Shiroishi ; Hita Vora…
• 关键词：Cancer screening ; Health disparities ; Vulnerable populations
• 刊名：Digestive Diseases and Sciences
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：62
• 期：1
• 页码：224-234
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• 刊物类别：Medicine
• 刊物主题：Gastroenterology; Hepatology; Oncology; Transplant Surgery; Biochemistry, general;
• 出版者：Springer US
• ISSN：1573-2568
• 卷排序：62

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BackgroundColorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-specific death in the USA. Evidence suggests people with mental illness are less likely to receive preventive health services, including cancer screening. We hypothesized that mental illness is a risk factor for non-adherence to colorectal cancer-screening guidelines.