
Colorectal Cancer Screening Modalities and Implementation Strategies
In ’Shared Decision-Making in Colorectal Cancer Screening’, the panelists focus on practical strategies for engaging patients in colorectal cancer screening conversations and improving screening uptake.
Episodes in this series

This episode, titled ‘Colorectal Cancer Screening Modalities and Implementation Strategies,’ features panelists reviewing the range of available colorectal cancer screening options, including FIT, multi-target stool DNA testing, RNA-based assays, and emerging blood-based tests. The faculty compare test performance characteristics such as sensitivity, specificity, screening intervals, and appropriate patient selection, emphasizing that any screening is better than none. They discuss the evolving role of blood-based testing, highlighting both its promise and current limitations within guideline recommendations. The conversation also reinforces the importance of ensuring follow-up colonoscopy after a positive noninvasive test and avoiding inappropriate use in symptomatic or high-risk patients. Finally, practical strategies for tracking screening and surveillance intervals through the electronic health record are shared to improve adherence and prevent missed opportunities for colorectal cancer prevention.
In the next episode, ‘Comparing Colorectal Cancer Screening Test Performance and Prep Options,’ expert faculty review the variability in FIT performance and adherence, compares sensitivity and specificity across stool DNA, RNA, blood-based tests, and colonoscopy, and reinforces colonoscopy as the most sensitive and therapeutic option. The speakers also highlight the importance of shared decision-making, improved prep options to enhance adherence, and tailoring screening choices to patient risk, comorbidities, and preferences to optimize colorectal cancer detection and prevention.

































































































































































