<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/about/office-of-the-president/presidents-bulletin/2025/03-11/07-colorectal-cancer-screening.html" dsn="blogs"><featured/><categories>Downstate Health</categories><pubDate>03/11/2025 02:00:00 AM</pubDate><title>Breaking Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening in Central Brooklyn</title><sub-title/><description>According to the American Cancer Society, colorectal cancer poses a significant health risk to African American men, who are about 20 percent more likely to develop the disease and approximately 40 percent more likely to die from it compared to other groups.</description><author>Office of the President</author><image><img xmlns:ouc="http://omniupdate.com/XSL/Variables" src="https://www.downstate.edu/about/office-of-the-president/presidents-bulletin/2025/03-11/_images/vikki-small-300-400.jpg" alt="Vikki Small"/></image><loc>/var/staging/oucampus/suny-downstate/downstate/about/office-of-the-president/presidents-bulletin/2025/03-11/07-colorectal-cancer-screening.xml</loc><tags><tag>Cancer</tag></tags><categories><category>Downstate Health</category></categories></item>