Shattering the monolith: burden of gastrointestinal cancer in Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders in the United States.

Asian Americans remain the fastest-growing racial group in the United States, and are anticipated to double over the next few decades. Asian Americans are the only major racial-ethnic group for whom cancer remains the leading cause of death, and multiple gastrointestinal cancers rank among the top five incident and fatal cancers. Most research to date presents Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (AANHPI) in aggregate, overlooking their vast heterogeneity and hindering efforts to identify and address health disparities within AANHPI origin groups.

Evaluation of a Tailored Patient Navigation Program for Improving Multitarget Stool DNA Test Adherence.

Background: Multitarget stool DNA (mt-sDNA) is an increasingly utilized noninvasive option for colorectal cancer screening; however, its impact is limited by imperfect test adherence. Tailored patient navigation (TPN) improves adherence for other cancer screening tests, but its role in mt-sDNA is not known.

Aim: Determine whether TPN improves mt-sDNA completion and reduces sample could not be processed (SCNBP) result rates.

The Development of a Digital Patient Navigation Tool to Increase Colorectal Cancer Screening Among Federally Qualified Health Center Patients: Acceptability and Usability Testing.

Background: Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) are an essential place for historically underserved patients to access health care, including screening for colorectal cancer (CRC), one of the leading causes of cancer death in the United States. Novel interventions aimed at increasing CRC screening completion rates at FQHCs are crucial.

Objective: This study conducts user testing of a digital patient navigation tool, called eNav, designed to support FQHC patients in preparing for, requesting, and completing CRC screening tests.

Demographic Comparison of the Burden of Endoscopically Screenable Cancers in the United States.

Background And Aims: Gastrointestinal cancer incidence varies by race and ethnicity. In the United States (US), there are screening guidelines for esophageal cancer (EC) and colorectal cancer (CRC), but not gastric cancer (GC). We compared GC, CRC, and EC incidence among the most populous racial and ethnic groups to inform US interception strategies.