Dr. Navkiran Shokar: Colorectal cancer doesn't mean death - El Paso Times

Texas voters overwhelmingly approved a constitutional amendment in 2007 establishing the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas and authorizing the state to issue $3 billion in bonds to fund groundbreaking cancer research and prevention programs and services in Texas.
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Based out of the Department of Family and Community Health, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Paul L. Foster School of Medicine and the Cancer Center of Excellence, ACCION is a collaboration between the medical school and more than 20 academic and community organizations throughout El Paso County, including University Medical Center of El Paso Hospital and clinics, the Cancer and Chronic Disease Consortium, Centro San Vicente, La Fe, Project Vida and the Rio Grande Cancer Foundation. The project goal is to reduce the burden of colorectal cancer in our community. ACCION will increase community awareness and knowledge about colorectal cancer and the importance of screening, will provide access to no-cost screening and diagnostic colonoscopy, and will increase the use of all needed follow-up tests and treatment services for eligible underinsured and uninsured residents of El Paso County. The project will bring much needed resources to our area.

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