Program Overview
The Colorado Colorectal Screening Program is a statewide program that partners with health care providers to offer no-cost colorectal screening to the underserved. The program, coordinated through the University of Colorado Cancer Center, is based in 49 community health clinics across Colorado and partners with over 250 screening, pathology, and treatment providers. The program is accompanied by an awareness campaign to encourage all Coloradans to get colorectal screening exams.
Goals
The Colorado Colorectal Screening Program, which began in January of 2006, sought to screen over 11,400 Coloradans by the end 2010 in an effort to contribute substantially to the state’s overall goal of screening 75 percent of the total eligible population.
The 2015 Colorado Cancer Plan's goal for colorectal screening, released in April of 2011, is to reach and screen 80 percent of eligible Coloradans by the end of 2015. The program continues its screening focus in 2012 as a step towards reaching the new 80% mark.
Progress
Through May 2012, the program has completed over 13,890 screens and detected 118 cancers.