Health Care System Factors

According to the [https://www.cancer.gov/types/colorectal/hp/colorectal-screening-pdq National Cancer Institute], use of the '''guaiac-based fecal occult blood test''' as a screening intervention decreases colorectal cancer mortality by about 15% to 30%, use of '''sigmoidoscopy''' decreases colorectal cancer mortality by about 20% to 30% and colorectal cancer incidence by about 20% to 25%, and use of '''colonoscopy''' decreases both colorectal cancer mortality and colorectal cancer incidence (at least for cancers of the left colon) by about 60% to 70%. [Last reviewed: 1/27/20] Other health care system factors associated with colorectal cancer survival in New Jersey include health insurance status ([https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3699851/ Niu et al., 2013]).