Pandemic caused temporary disruptions in CRC screening and minimal impact on diagnosis, two studies show

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Two recent studies by researchers from Regenstrief Institute and the Indiana University School of Medicine explore the effect of the pandemic on colorectal cancer screening tests and diagnostic colonoscopies in central Indiana. 

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