Identifying Gender Barriers for Colorectal Cancer Screening and Assessing the Need for a Multigender Endoscopy Team: A Prospective Multicenter Study.

"CONFLICTS OF INTEREST Guarantor of article: Harshit S. Khara, MD, FACG, FASGE. Specific author contributions: H.S.K.: planning and conducting the study, collecting and interpreting the data, drafting and editing the manuscript, and he has approved the final draft submitted. D.S.: collecting and interpreting the data, drafting and editing the manuscript, and he has approved the final draft submitted. M.B.: planning and conducting the study, collecting and interpreting the data, and she has approved the final draft submitted. A.B.: collecting and interpreting the data, drafting and editing the manuscript, and she has approved the final draft submitted. J.L.M.: planning and conducting the study, collecting and interpreting the data, and she has approved the final draft submitted. D.S.: planning and conducting the study, collecting and interpreting the data, editing the manuscript, and she has approved the final draft submitted. S.R.T.: editing the manuscript and he has approved the final draft submitted. M.K.: planning and conducting the study, editing the manuscript, and he has approved the final draft submitted. A.S.J.: planning and conducting the study, editing the manuscript, and he has approved the final draft submitted. D.R.V.C.: planning and conducting the study, collecting and interpreting the data, and he has approved the final draft submitted. W.B.H.: planning and conducting the study, editing the manuscript, and he has approved the final draft submitted. R.M.: planning and conducting the study, editing the manuscript, and she has approved the final draft submitted. Financial support: None to report. Potential competing interests: None to report.Study HighlightsWHAT IS KNOWN✓ Women may have more same-gender endoscopist preferences than men.✓ Endoscopist gender preference may be a barrier to colorectal cancer screening.WHAT IS NEW HERE✓ Patients have more gender preferences for their endoscopy team members than the endoscopists themselves.✓ Men have more same-gender endoscopist preferences than women.✓ Women have more same-gender preferences for their endoscopy team members than men.✓ Age-related differences exist in patients' gender preferences for their endoscopist.✓ Regional differences exist among patients' gender preferences for their endoscopist and endoscopy team members."

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