title: Examining connections between screening for breast, cervical and prostate cancer and colorectal cancer screening.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare participation in breast, cervical and prostate cancer screening with colorectal cancer (CRC) screening.
  
  
  METHODS
  This random digit-dialed survey includes participants (aged 50-75 years) from South Carolina (USA). Past participation information in fecal occult blood test, flexible sigmoidoscopy, colonoscopy, mammography, clinical breast examination, Pap test, prostate-specific antigen and digital rectal examination was obtained.Adjusted odds ratios are reported.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Among European-American women, any cervical or breast cancer screening was associated with adherence to any CRC screening. Among African-American women, mammography was associated with adherence to any CRC screening. Digital rectal examination and prostate-specific antigen tests were associated with adherence to any CRC screening test among all men.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Future research should explore approaches inclusive of cancer screening recommendations for multiple cancer types for reduction of cancer screening disparities.
authors.affiliation: Cancer Prevention & Control Program, University of South Carolina, 915 Greene Street, Suite 200, Columbia, SC 29208, USA.
authors.forename: Michael D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Wirth
authors.affiliation: Cancer Prevention & Control Program, University of South Carolina, 915 Greene Street, Suite 200, Columbia, SC 29208, USA ; Department of Health Promotion, Education, & Behavior, University of South Carolina, 915 Greene Street, Suite 200 Columbia, SC 29208, USA.
authors.forename: Heather M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Brandt
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Promotion, Education, & Behavior, University of South Carolina, 915 Greene Street, Suite 200 Columbia, SC 29208, USA ; American Cancer Society, Inc., 128 Stonemark Lane, Columbia, SC, USA.
authors.forename: Heather
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Dolinger
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, University of South Carolina, 915 Greene Street, Suite 200, Columbia, SC 29208, USA.
authors.forename: James W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Hardin
authors.affiliation: Prevention Research Center, University of South Carolina, 921 Assembly Street Room 124, Columbia, SC 29208, USA ; Department of Exercise Science, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, 921 Assembly Street Room 124, Columbia, SC 29208 USA.
authors.forename: Patricia A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Sharpe
authors.affiliation: Cancer Prevention & Control Program, University of South Carolina, 915 Greene Street, Suite 200, Columbia, SC 29208, USA ; Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, University of South Carolina, 915 Greene Street, Suite 200, Columbia, SC 29208, USA.
authors.forename: Jan M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Eberth
keywords: breast cancer screening; cervical cancer screening; colorectal cancer screening; health disparities; prostate cancer screening