Colorectal (Colon) Cancer Research

This page contains a list of citations for journal articles about colorectal (colon) cancer authored by staff members of CDC's Division of Cancer Prevention and Control (DCPC). Fiscal years begin October 1 and end September 30; for example, fiscal year 2009 began October 1, 2008 and ends September 30, 2009.

Fiscal Year 2009

Howard DH, Tangka FK, Seeff LC, Richardson LC, Ekwueme DU. The impact of detection and treatment on lifetime medical costs for patients with precancerous polyps and colorectal cancer. Health Economics 2009 Jan 13.

Klabunde CN, Lanier D, Nadel MR, McLeod C, Yuan G, Vernon SW. Colorectal cancer screening by primary care physicians: recommendations and practices, 2006–2007. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 2009;37(1):8–16.

Rim SH, Seeff L, Ahmed F, King JB, Coughlin SS. Colorectal cancer incidence in the United States, 1999–2004: an updated analysis of data from the National Program of Cancer Registries and the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program. Cancer 2009;115(9):1967–1976.

Rim SH, Zittleman L, Westfall JM, Overholser L, Froshaug D, Coughlin SS. Knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and personal practices regarding colorectal cancer screening among health care professionals in rural Colorado: A pilot survey. Journal of Rural Health 2009;25(3):303–308.

Fiscal Year 2008

Baron RC, Rimer BK, Breslow RA, Coates RJ, Kerner J, Melillo S, Habarta N, Kalra GP, Chattopadhyay S, Wilson KM, Lee NC, Mullen PD, Coughlin SS, Briss PA; Task Force on Community Preventive Services. Client-directed interventions to increase community demand for breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer screening: a systematic review. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 2008;35(1 Suppl):S34–55.

Baron RC, Rimer BK, Coates RJ, Kerner J, Mullen PD, Chattopadhyay S, Briss PA; Task Force on Community Preventive Services. Methods for conducting systematic reviews of evidence on effectiveness and economic efficiency of interventions to increase screening for breast, cervical, and colorectal cancers. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 2008;35(1 Suppl):S26–33.

Baron RC, Rimer BK, Coates RJ, Kerner J, Kalra GP, Melillo S, Habarta N, Wilson KM, Chattopadhyay S, Leeks K, Task Force on Community Preventive Services. Client-directed interventions to increase community access to breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer screening: A systematic review. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 2008;35(1 Suppl):S56–66.

Benson VS, Patnick J, Davies AK, Nadel MR, Smith RA, Atkin WS; on behalf of the International Colorectal Cancer Screening Network. Colorectal cancer screening: A comparison of 35 initiatives in 17 countries. International Journal of Cancer 2008;122(6)1357–1367.

Berkowitz Z, Hawkins NA, Peipins LA, White MC, Nadel MR. Beliefs, risk perceptions, and gaps in knowledge as barriers to colorectal cancer screening in older adults. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2008;56(2):307–314.

Breslow RA, Rimer BK, Baron RC, Coates RJ, Kerner J, Wilson KM, Lee NC, Mullen PD, Coughlin SS, Briss PA. Introducing the Community Guide's reviews of evidence on interventions to increase screening for breast, cervical, and colorectal cancers. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 2008;35(1 Suppl):S14–20.

Chen X, White MC, Peipins LA, Seeff LC. Increase in screening for colorectal cancer in older Americans: results from a national survey. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2008:56(8):1511–1516.

DeGroff A, Boehm J, Green SG, Holden D, Seeff LC. Facilitators and challenges to start-up of the Colorectal Cancer Screening Demonstration Program. Preventing Chronic Disease 2008;5(2):A39.

DeGroff A, Holden D, Green SG, Boehm J, Seeff LC, Tangka F. Start-up of the Colorectal Cancer Screening Demonstration Project. Preventing Chronic Disease 2008;5(2):A38.

Fernandez ME, Wippold R, Torres I, Byrd T, Freeberg D, Bains Y, Guajardo J, Coughlin SS, Vernon SW. Colorectal cancer screening among Latinos from U.S. cities along the Texas-Mexico border. Cancer Causes and Control 2008;19(2):195–206.

Joseph DA, Rim SH, Seeff LC. Use of colorectal cancer tests—United States, 2002, 2004, and 2006. MMWR 2008;57(10);253–258.

Perdue DG, Perkins C, Jackson-Thompson J, Coughlin SS, Ahmed F, Haverkamp DS, Jim MA. Regional differences in colorectal cancer incidence, stage, and subsite among American Indians and Alaska Natives, 1999–2004. Cancer 2008;113(S5):1179–1190.

Sabatino SA, Habarta N, Baron RC, Coates RJ, Rimer BK, Kerner J, Coughlin SS, Kalra GP, Chattopadhyay S; Task Force on Community Preventive Services. Interventions to increase recommendation and delivery of screening for breast, cervical, and colorectal cancers by healthcare providers: Systematic reviews of provider assessment and feedback and provider incentives. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 2008;35(1 Suppl):S67–74.

Schneider EC, Nadel MR, Zaslavsky AM, McGlynn EA. Assessment of the scientific soundness of clinical performance measures: A field test of the National Committee for Quality Assurance's colorectal cancer screening measure. Archives of Internal Medicine 2008;168(8):876–882.

Seeff LC, DeGroff A, Tangka F, Wanliss E, Major A, Nadel M, Ryerson AB, Royalty J, Gelb C, Reed E. Development of a federally funded demonstration colorectal cancer screening program. Preventing Chronic Disease 2008;5(2):A64.

Shapiro JA, Seeff LC, Thompson TD, Nadel MR, Klabunde CN, Vernon SW. Colorectal cancer test use from the 2005 National Health Interview Survey. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention 2008;17(7):1623–1630.

Tangka FK, Subramanian S, Bapat B, Seeff LC, DeGroff A, Gardner J, Ryerson AB, Nadel M, Royalty J. Cost of starting colorectal cancer screening programs: Results from five federally funded demonstration programs. Preventing Chronic Disease 2008;5(2):A47.

Trivers KF, Shaw KM, Sabatino SA, Shapiro JA, Coates RJ. Trends in colorectal cancer screening disparities in people aged 50–64 years, 2000–2005. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 2008;35(3):185–193.

Fiscal Year 2007

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Notice to Readers: National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month—March 2007. MMWR 2007;56(10):227–228.

Coughlin SS, Berkowitz Z, Hawkins NA, Tangka F. Breast and colorectal cancer screening and sources of cancer information among older women in the United States: results from the 2003 Health Information National Trends Survey. Preventing Chronic Disease 2007;4(3):A57.

Hughes E, McCracken M, Roberts H, Mokdad A, Valluru B, Goodson R, Dunn E, Elam-Evans L, Giles W, Jiles R. Surveillance for Certain Health Behaviors Among States and Selected Local Areas—Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, United States, 2004. MMWR 2006;55(SS07);1–124.

Ko CW, Riffle S, Shapiro JA, Saunders MD, Lee SD, Tung BY, Kuver R, Larson AM, Kowdley KV, Kimmey MB. Incidence of minor complications and time lost from normal activities after screening or surveillance colonoscopy. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 2007;65(4):648–656.

Levin TR, Zhao W, Conell C, Seeff LC, Manninen DL, Shapiro JA, Schulman J. Complications of colonoscopy in an integrated health care delivery system. Annals of Internal Medicine 2006;145(12):880–886.

Lieberman D, Nadel M, Smith RA, Atkin W, Duggirala SB, Fletcher R, Glick SN, Johnson CD, Levin TR, Pope JB, Potter MB, Ransohoff D, Rex D, Schoen R, Schroy P, Winawer S. Standardized colonoscopy reporting and data system: Report of the Quality Assurance Task Group of the National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 2007;65(6):757–766.

Fiscal Year 2006

Ahmed F, Goodman MT, Kosary C, Ruiz B, Wu XC, Chen VW, Correa CN. Excess risk of subsequent primary cancers among colorectal carcinoma survivors, 1975–2001. Cancer 2006;107(5 Suppl):1162–1171.

Coughlin SS, Costanza ME, Fernandez ME, Glanz K, Lee JW, Smith SA, Stroud L, Tessaro I, Westfall JM, Weissfeld JL, Blumenthal DS. CDC-funded intervention research aimed at promoting colorectal cancer screening in communities. Cancer 2006;107(5 Suppl):1196–1204.

Coughlin SS, Richards TB, Thompson T, Miller BA, VanEenwyk J, Goodman MT, Sherman RL. Rural/nonrural differences in colorectal cancer incidence in the United States, 1998–2001. Cancer 2006;107(5 Suppl):1181–1188.

Coughlin SS, Thompson T. Physician recommendation for colorectal cancer screening by race, ethnicity, and health insurance status among men and women in the United States, 2000. Health Promotion Practice 2005;6(4):369–378.

Fairley TL, Cardinez CJ, Martin J, Alley L, Friedman C, Edwards B, Jamison P. Colorectal cancer in U.S. adults younger than 50 years of age, 1998–2001. Cancer 2006;107(5 Suppl):1153–1161.

Jackson-Thompson J, Ahmed F, German RR, Lai SM, Friedman C. Descriptive epidemiology of colorectal cancer in the United States, 1998–2001. Cancer 2006;107(5 Suppl):1103–1111.

Lai SM, Zhang KB, Uhler RJ, Harrison JN, Clutter GG, Williams MA. Geographic variation in the incidence of colorectal cancer in the United States, 1998–2001. Cancer 2006;107(5 Suppl):1172–1180.

Matanoski G, Tao XG, Almon L, Adade AA, Davies-Cole JO. Demographics and tumor characteristics of colorectal cancers in the United States, 1998–2001. Cancer 2006;107(5 Suppl):1112–1120.

Pollack LA, Blackman DK, Wilson KM, Seeff LC, Nadel MR. Colorectal cancer test use among Hispanic and non-Hispanic U.S. populations. Preventing Chronic Disease 2006;3(2):A50.

Pollack LA, Gotway CA, Bates JH, Parikh-Patel A, Richards TB, Seeff LC, Hodges H, Kassim S. Use of the spatial scan statistic to identify geographic variations in late stage colorectal cancer in California (United States). Cancer Causes and Control 2006;17(4):449–457.

Reed E, Ahmed F, Jackson-Thompson J, Friedman C, German RR, Lai SM, Wingo PA. Foreword: promoting the use of registry-based national cancer surveillance data for colorectal cancer prevention and control. Cancer 2006;107(5 Suppl):1101–1102.

Seeff LC, King J, Pollack LA, Williams KN. Increased use of colorectal cancer tests—United States, 2002 and 2004. MMWR 2006;55(11):308–311.

Seeff LC, Tangka FK. Can we predict the outcomes of national colorectal cancer screening and can predictions help us plan? Gastroenterology 2005;129(4):1339–1342.

Stewart SL, Wike JM, Kato I, Lewis DR, Michaud F. A population-based study of colorectal cancer histology in the United States, 1998–2001. Cancer 2006;107(5 Suppl):1128–1141.

Wu X, Cokkinides V, Chen VW, Nadel M, Ren Y, Martin J, Ellison GL. Associations of subsite-specific colorectal cancer incidence rates and stage of disease at diagnosis with county-level poverty, by race and sex. Cancer 2006;107(5 Suppl):1121–1127.

Fiscal Year 2005

Armstrong LR, Thompson TD, Hall HI, Coughlin SS, Steele B, Rogers JD. Colorectal carcinoma mortality among Appalachian men and women, 1969–1999. Cancer 2004;101(2):2851–2858.

Cooper CP, Gelb CA, Jameson H, Macario E, Jorgensen CM, Seeff L. Developing English and Spanish television public service announcements to promote colorectal cancer screening. Health Promotion Practice 2005;6(4):385–393.

Hoffman RM, Stone SN, Herman C, Jung AM, Cotner J, Espey D, Kozoll R, Gavin MW. New Mexico's capacity for increasing the prevalence of colorectal cancer screening with screening colonoscopies. Preventing Chronic Disease 2005;2(1):A07.

Klabunde CN, Vernon SW, Nadel MR, Breen N, Seeff LC, Brown ML. Barriers to colorectal cancer screening: A comparison of reports from primary care physicians and average-risk adults. Medical Care 2005;43(9):939–944.

Nadel MR, Shapiro JS, Klabunde CN, Seeff LC, Uhler R, Smith RA, Ransohoff DF. A national survey of primary care physicians' methods for screening for fecal occult blood. Annals of Internal Medicine 2005;142(2):86–94.

Patnick J, Ransohoff D, Atkin W, Borras JM, Elwood M, Hoff G, Nadel M, Russo A, Simon J, Weiderpass-Vaino E, Zappa M, Smith R. Workgroup III: facilitating screening for colorectal cancer: Quality assurance and evaluation. UICC International Workshop on Facilitating Screening for Colorectal Cancer, Oslo, Norway (29 and 30 June 2002). Annals of Oncology 2005;16(1):34–37.

Seeff LC, Manninen DL, Dong FB, Chattopadhyay SK, Nadel MR, Tangka FK, Molinari NA. Is there endoscopic capacity to provide colorectal cancer screening to the unscreened population in the United States? Gastroenterology 2004;127(6):1661–1669.

Seeff LC, Richards TB, Shapiro JA, Nadel MR, Manninen DL, Given LS, Dong FB, Winges LD, McKenna MT. How many endoscopies are performed for colorectal cancer screening? Results from CDC's survey of endoscopic capacity. Gastroenterology 2004;127(6):1670–1677.

Tangka FK, Molinari NM, Chattopadhyay SK, Seeff LC. Market for colorectal cancer screening by endoscopy in the United States. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 2005;29(1):54–60.

Varghese RK, Friedman C, Ahmed F, Franks AL, Manning M, Seeff LC. Does health insurance coverage of office visits influence colorectal cancer testing? Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention 2005;14(3):744–747.

Williams KN, Seeff LC. Notice to readers: National Colorectal Cancer Month—March 2005. MMWR 2005;54(10):254–255.

Fiscal Year 2004

Armour BS, Friedman C, Pitts MM, Wike J, Alley L, Etchason J. The influence of year-end bonuses on colorectal cancer screening. The American Journal of Managed Care 2004;10(9):617–624.

Cooper CP, Williams KN, Carey KA, Fowler CS, Frank M, Gelb CA. Advertising campaign on a major Internet search engine to promote colorectal cancer screening. British Medical Journal 2004;328(7449):1179–1180.

Coughlin SS, Thompson TD. Colorectal cancer screening practices among men and women in rural and nonrural areas of the United States, 1999. The Journal of Rural Health 2004;20(2):118–124.

Montano DE, Selby JV, Somkin CP, Bhat A, Nadel M. Acceptance of flexible sigmoidoscopy screening for colorectal cancer. Cancer Detection and Prevention 2004;28(1):43–51.

Seeff LC, Nadel MR, Klabunde CN, Thompson T, Shapiro JA, Vernon SW, Coates RJ. Patterns and predictors of colorectal cancer test use in the adult U.S. population. Cancer 2004;100(10):2093–2103.

Vernon SW, Meissner H, Klabunde C, Rimer BK, Ahnen DJ, Bastani R, Mandelson MT, Nadel MR, Sheinfeld-Gorin S, Zapka J. Measures for ascertaining use of colorectal cancer screening in behavioral, health services, and epidemiologic research. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention 2004;13(6):898–905.

Williams KW. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Notice to Readers: National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. MMWR 2004;53(10):221.

Fiscal Year 2003

Coughlin SS, Thompson TD, Seeff L, Richards T, Stallings F. Breast, cervical, and colorectal carcinoma screening in a demographically defined region of the southern United States. Cancer 2002;95(10):2211–2227.

Jorgensen C, Gelb CA, Richards TB, Cooper CP. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Donated television airplay of colorectal cancer education public service announcements—United States, 1999–2002. MMWR 2003;52(10):196–199.

Levin TR, Conell C, Shapiro JA, Chazan SG, Nadel MR, Selby JE. Complications of screening flexible sigmoidoscopy. Gastroenterology 2002;123(6):1786–1792.

Seeff LC, Nadel M, Blackman C, Pollack LA. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Colorectal cancer test use among persons aged greater than or equal to 50 years—United States, 2001. MMWR 2003;52(10):193–196.

Williams KN. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National colorectal cancer awareness month—March 2003 (text box). MMWR 2003;52(10):193.

Fiscal Year 2002

Ashley OS, Nadel MR, Ransohoff DF. Achieving quality in flexible sigmoidoscopy screening for colorectal cancer. American Journal of Medicine 2001;111(8):643–653.

Beeker C, Kraft J, Goldman R, Jorgensen CM. Strategies for increasing colorectal cancer screening in African Americans and perceptions of colorectal cancer. Journal of Psychosocial Oncology 2001;19(3–4):113–132.

Gargiullo P, Wingo PA, Coates RJ, Thompson TD. Recent trends in mortality rates for four major cancers, by sex and race/ethnicity — United States, 1990–1998. MMWR 2002;51(3):49–53.

McCaffery K, Wardle J, Nadel M, Atkin W. Socioeconomic variation in participation in colorectal cancer screening. Journal of Medical Screening 2002;9(3):104–108.

Nadel MR, Blackman DK, Shapiro JA, Seeff LC. Are people being screened for colorectal cancer as recommended? Results from the National Health Interview Survey. Preventive Medicine 2002;35(3):199–206.

Seeff LC, Shapiro JA, Nadel MR. Are we doing enough to screen for colorectal cancer? Findings from the 1999 Behavorial Risk Factor Surveillance System. Journal of Family Practice 2002;51(9):761–768.

Wu XC, Chen VW, Steele B, Ruiz B, Fulton J, Liu L, Carozza SE, Greenlee R. Subsite-specific incidence rates and stage of disease in colorectal cancer by race, gender, and age group in the United States, 1992–1997. Cancer 2001;92(10):2547–2554.

Fiscal Year 2001

Jorgensen C, Gelb C, Merritt T, Seeff L. CDC's Screen for Life: A national colorectal cancer action campaign. Journal of Women's Health and Gender-Based Medicine 2001;10(5):417–422.

Levin TR, Conell C, Shapiro JA, Chazan SG, Nadel M, Selby JV. Complications of screening flexible sigmoidoscopy. Gastroenterology 2001;120(5, Suppl 1):A65.

Mandelson MT, Curry SJ, Anderson LA, Nadel MR, Lee NC, Rutter CM, LaCroix AZ. Colorectal cancer screening participation by older women. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 2000;19(3):149–154.

Moore G. Screening is key to preventing colorectal cancer. Business and Health 2001;19(6):40.

Shapiro JA, Seeff LC, Nadel MR. Colorectal cancer—screening tests and associated health behaviors. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 2001;21(2):132–137.

Seeff L, Shapiro JA, Nadel MR. Trends in screening for colorectal cancer—United States, 1997 and 1999. MMWR 2001;50(9):162–166.

Fiscal Year 2000

Beeker C, Kraft JM, Southwell B, Jorgensen C. Colorectal cancer screening in older men and women: Qualitative research findings and implications for intervention. Journal of Community Health 2000;25(3):263–278.

Burke W, Beeker C, Kraft JM, Pinsky L. Engaging women's interest in colorectal cancer screening: A public health strategy. Journal of Women's Health and Gender-Based Medicine 2000;9(4):363–371.

Fulton JP, Wu XC, Carozza SE, Greenlee R, Liu L, Steele B, Chen V. Variation in colorectal cancer incidence among states and metropolitan areas in the United States, 1991–1995. In: Cancer Incidence in North America, 1993–1997, Volume One: Incidence. Chen VW, Howe HL, Wu XC, Hotes JL, Correa CN, eds. Springfield, IL: North American Association of Central Cancer Registries, 2000.

Ries LA, Wingo PA, Miller DS, Howe HL, Weir HK, Rosenberg HM, Vernon SW, Cronin K, Edwards BK. Annual report to the nation on the status of cancer, 1973–1997, with a special section on colorectal cancer. Cancer 2000;88(10):2398–2424.