FOCUS Program

Advancing health equity in colorectal cancer screening through FOCUS grants

Cancer affects many people, but it doesn’t affect them equally.¹ Nearly half of premature colorectal cancer (CRC) deaths are related to racial, ethnic, socioeconomic, and geographic inequalities.² The most vulnerable patient populations often go unscreened for CRC,¹ which is one reason these communities are up to 11% more likely to be diagnosed with CRC in later stages,³ when treatment is less effective.

Exact Sciences is committed to overcoming barriers to care and ensuring access to our tests regardless of a patient’s race, ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic status, or geographic location. To support this work, Exact Sciences created the Funding Opportunities to Cultivate Universal Screening & Survivorship (FOCUS) Program which provides grant funding to community organizations, health foundations, public health organizations, and advocacy groups to expand access to colorectal cancer screening and create affordable pathways to follow-up diagnostic care.