UK Markey Cancer Center researcher, CHET Core Faculty, and UK College of Medicine Associate professor, Aaron Kruse-Diehr, PhD, is leading a study to address health disparities in colorectal cancer in Black communities. A recently published paper highlights the need for increased outreach and education to reduce colorectal cancer screening disparities in Black communities, which are disproportionately affected by colorectal cancer. In Kentucky, Black people who have colorectal cancer are more likely to die from the disease than whites, likely due to disparities in screening. Dr. Kruse-Diehr states, “In the colorectal cancer screening world, we like to say ‘the best test is the one a patient completes’ — and giving people multiple options has been shown in previous studies to increase their likelihood of completing screening.”
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