Information update: ColonCancerCheck

ColonCancerCheck, Ontario’s new population-based colorectal cancer screening program (featured in the April 2008 issue of Canadian Family Physician), funds screening by fecal occult blood testing every 2 years for Ontarians at average risk who are 50 years of age and older and by colonoscopy for individuals with positive fecal occult blood test results or those at increased risk (those with a parent, sibling, or child with colorectal cancer) starting at age 50 years or 10 years earlier than the relative’s age at diagnosis, whichever comes first. Health care providers can find additional program information, such as comprehensive FAQs, standards and guidelines, and resource materials, at www.coloncancercheck.ca under the provider section of the website.