Black white disparities in receiving a physician recommendation for colorectal cancer screening and reasons for not undergoing screening.

There is consensus that all adults over 50 years of age, regardless of gender, race, or ethnicity, should receive a physician recommendation for colorectal cancer (CRC) screening. Disparities in CRC screening result in poorer health outcomes for blacks than for whites. The purpose of this study was to determine whether there are black-white differences in receiving a physician recommendation for CRC screening and reasons for undergoing screening.