![The Colon Cancer Coalition has awarded a $25,000 grant to UNC Lineberger's Carolina Cancer Screening Initiative to support a program designed to improve colorectal cancer screening rates in Hertford County, North Carolina.](https://unclineberger.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/867/2018/10/ccsi-ccc-grant-image2-600x400.jpeg)
February 1, 2018
UNC Lineberger to use Colon Cancer Coalition grant to promote screening in Eastern North Carolina
UNC Lineberger’s Carolina Cancer Screening Initiative is working in partnership with the Roanoke Chowan Community Health Center in Ahoskie, North Carolina, to improve the colorectal cancer screening rates in a part of the state that has been significantly challenged by this disease.