November 2021

Leveraging Primary Care Networks to Increase Breast, Colon Cancer Screening

Safety-net primary care practices across upstate New York boosted rates of colorectal and breast cancer screenings after receiving education and support from affiliated academic medical centers via Practice-Based Research Networks.

Expanding Cancer Screening Research Project Has Roots in UR CTSI-Funded Pilot Study

A 2018 pilot study provided preliminary evidence that motivational text messages could increase cervical cancer screening rates and led to subsequent funding from the National Cancer Institute and University of Rochester.