Strategic Plan
ACS NCCRT’s 2025 Priority Areas
- Mobilize national and community-level efforts that will lead to health equity across the colorectal (CRC) continuum
- Improve timely action for early-age onset CRC signs and symptoms
- Support on-time CRC screening as soon as eligible and continued participation per screening recommendations.
- Promote timely colonoscopy follow up to positive (abnormal) non-colonoscopy tests
- Identify areas to ensure timely initiation of quality CRC treatment
A Roadmap for Improving Colorectal Cancer Screening Rates Nationwide
The 80% in Every Community Strategic Plan (2020-2024) provided a focused, action-oriented roadmap for stakeholders, collaborators, and cross-sectored partners. While the plan timeframe has passed, much of the content is evergreen and continues to provide practical, useful guides for improving colorectal cancer screening rates across many settings and communities. Learn more about 80% in Every Community.
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Increasing Colorectal Cancer Screening in Rural Communities: A Practical Guide
This guidebook is designed to support key community partners in understanding and overcoming the unique challenges and common barriers to CRC screening faced in rural communities.
Blue Star Conversation: July 9, 2025
This Blue Star Conversation covered the topic, “2025 Supreme Court Case Update: How Kennedy v. Braidwood Management Could Affect Insurance Coverage for CRC Screening”.
Clinician’s Reference: Stool-Based Tests for Colorectal Cancer Screening
This revised resource is designed to introduce (or reintroduce) clinicians to the value of stool-based testing for colorectal cancer.