Recent News
Program expands colon cancer screening
UW Medicine Newsroom | May 19, 2026
Fred Hutch / UW Medicine Population Health Colorectal Cancer Screening Program is recognized as a 2026 American Cancer Society National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable (ACS NCCRT) National Achievement Honoree
National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable | March 16, 2026
Fred Hutch’s Dr. Rachel Issaka champions colorectal cancer screening
Converge Media | February 25, 2026
Rideshare ‘potentially scalable intervention’ to improve colonoscopy after abnormal FIT
Healio | October 6, 2025
Improving follow-up colonoscopy after abnormal colorectal cancer screening
UW Medicine Newsroom | August 18, 2025
Seattle Reign FC Legend: Dr. Rachel Issaka – Gastroenterologist, Professor and Researcher
Seattle Reign FC | July 24, 2025
Healthier Together: Game changer in the fight against colon cancer
KIRO 7 | October 3, 2024
Barriers and opportunities in fecal immunochemical test outreach
Fred Hutch News Service | Sept. 18, 2024
A blood test for colon cancer offers hope fighting a deadly disease
KUOW | Mar. 27, 2024
Fred Hutch unveils results of new blood test that detects colon cancer
Seattle Times | Mar. 20, 2024
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center and the National Coalition of 100 Black Women Inc. host colorectal cancer awareness event at Seattle's FAME Church
Converge Media | Mar. 6, 2024
Dr. Rachel Issaka receives the Kathryn Surace-Smith Endowed Chair in Health Equity Research
Flexible funding will further physician-scientist’s work in colorectal cancer and health inequities
Fred Hutch News Service | Feb. 2, 2022
The COVID cancer effect
Oncologists are grappling with predicting—and mitigating—the effects of the pandemic
Scientific American | Dec. 1, 2021
Barriers and facilitators to colonoscopy completion
Science Spotlight | Oct. 18, 2021
Which colon cancer screening is best?
Colon cancer screening can save lives. There are several types of screening options, but any screening is better than none.
U.S. News & World Report | Aug. 27, 2021
Study ID’s major roadblocks to follow-up colon-cancer care
Lack of both transportation and interpreters can stall a clinic visit after an at-home test raises a red flag.
UW PostScript Blog | Aug. 10, 2021
Racial disparities in endoscopy wait-time and stage at diagnosis
Science Spotlight | March 16, 2020