Due to the current guidelines for group gatherings, the distribution method of FIT Kits (colon cancer screening take home tests) to employees has changed. The kits will be sent out via interoffice mail upon request.
For more information and to order your kit, please contact:
Plyshette Wiggins, Cancer Outreach, Screening and Education
Office: 856.968.7322
As part of MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper’s GO BLUE initiative to promote colorectal cancer screening and prevention, we challenge you to check your bottom line!
Throughout March, MD Anderson at Cooper is collaborating with Cooper University Health Care’s Department of Population Health to offer free fecal immunochemical test (FIT) kits to employees age 50 or older who have not had a colonoscopy in the last five years or another form of colorectal cancer screening in the last year.
This non-invasive screening method tests for hidden blood in the stool, which can be an early sign of colorectal cancer. FIT kits are easy to use, and can be done at home and mailed back to Cooper. The kits are free-of-charge and insurance is not required.
Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in the United States – more than 106,000 people are diagnosed each year. Screening is the best way to prevent colorectal cancer. It can help find precancerous changes (colon polyps) and detect colorectal cancer at an early stage when treatment is most likely to be successful.
You will be contacted with your results within a week of sending back your kit.
To expedite kit delivery, please complete the attached form .
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“I procrastinated in having a colonoscopy, but using the FIT kit for colon cancer screening was quick, easy and convenient.”
– Angela Melillo, Chief Compliance Officer
“I usually get colonoscopies, but this was much easier and there was no prep involved! It gave me great piece of mind. Take advantage of this opportunity.”
– Don Senner, IT Support Specialist