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Barriers and facilitators to colorectal cancer screening among Filipino Americans, age 50 years and older, living in a senior housing unit in Southern California.

Despite the fact that CRC screening are available in the US, Filipino Americans continue to underutilize this preventive measure that could result in late stage of cancer diagnosis and a poor survival rate in the high proportion of people with early age of onset of tumors and 40 years of age and younger. There are very few studies that were conducted to identify and explore factors that influence the decision to complete CRC screening among Filipino Americans, including cultural factors, predictors to adherence, barriers and facilitators to CRC screenings. CRC screenings among Filipino Americans remained understudied and follow-up studies on this topic.

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