Early Detection

Find cancer earlier and move faster when it matters most

Cancer outcomes and costs are shaped long before treatment begins. Yet most screening programs are fragmented, slow, and poorly followed, leaving people to fall through the cracks. Color delivers a clinically led, end-to-end approach to prevention, early detection, and diagnosis that identifies risk sooner, closes screening gaps, and accelerates time to diagnosis.

The result is earlier stage detection, better survival, and dramatically lower costs across your population.

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Missed screenings and slow diagnosis drive avoidable cost and harm 

Early detection is the single most powerful lever to improve cancer outcomes and reduce spend. Yet today’s system consistently fails to deliver it. Screening is treated as a one-time task rather than a clinically managed strategy, abnormal results are too often left without follow-up, and diagnosis frequently takes months instead of weeks. High-risk individuals go unidentified, allowing disease to progress unnoticed. Together, these breakdowns lead to late-stage diagnoses, emergency presentations, and higher-cost treatment that could have been avoided.

Low screening adherence

Even when screenings are covered, participation remains low. Outreach is generic, confusing, or easy to ignore, leaving large portions of the population unscreened.

Missed follow-up after abnormal results

Nearly half of abnormal screening results do not receive timely follow-up. Without clinical ownership, next steps stall and cancer progresses.

Delayed diagnosis

Fragmented referrals, long waits for imaging and biopsy, and incomplete workups stretch diagnosis timelines by months. Those delays directly impact survival and cost.

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As cancer experts, we know early detection requires clinical leadership, not reminders

Improving early detection takes more than sending people to screenings. It requires expert risk assessment, active clinical management, and accountability for every next step.

Color’s Virtual Cancer Clinic delivers all three.

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Access

Access provides the expert knowledge and support needed no matter where a person lives.

  • 50-state clinical team

  • Same or next day visits

  • Oncologists available when questions come up

  • Support that reaches people wherever they live

Speed

Speed turns uncertainty into answers. It shortens the time between concern and clarity, and helps catch cancer before it has a chance to advance.

  • Fast review of symptoms, screening results, and imaging

  • Quick completion of next steps when something is abnormal

  • Rapid referrals for imaging, biopsy, or specialist care

  • Ongoing follow-up so nothing stalls or gets lost

Direct Clinical Care

Direct clinical care means there’s always someone responsible for what happens next. No handoffs. No missed steps. No unanswered results.

  • Cancer-specialized clinicians who assess risk and take action

  • Tests ordered, results reviewed, and next steps clearly defined

  • Direct collaboration with radiologists and specialists

  • One clinical team accountable from screening through diagnosis

Proven impact before people become cancer patients

+55%

faster diagnosis

+77%

increase in screening adherence

30-50%

reduction in avoidable imaging spend

100%

follow-up on abnormal screening results

20%

population enrollment in year one

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A clinically proven, risk-based approach to detection

Color begins with a comprehensive clinical assessment that stratifies risk across the population. This approach is more effective at identifying who actually needs screening and which test is appropriate, rather than relying on age alone or one-size-fits-all guidelines. This model has been recognized in peer-reviewed research, including publication in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Get the right people screened and diagnosed earlier

These steps ensure concerns are fully evaluated and diagnosis moves forward quickly, without missed information or unnecessary delays.

  • Risk-based screening matched to the right test
  • Clinical review of symptoms, screening results, and prior records
  • Ordering of additional labs or imaging when needed
  • Fast connection to high-quality, in-network imaging and specialists

Keep diagnosis clear and decisions on track

This creates clarity and consistency during a stressful time, so people understand what’s happening and what comes next.

  • Ongoing clinical review as results come in
  • Assessment based on cancer type, stage, risk, and individual context
  • Guidance on next diagnostic or specialist steps
  • Support navigating complex or unexpected findings

Prevent delays and avoidable escalation

These interventions help prevent prolonged uncertainty, emergency presentations, and later-stage discovery.

  • Proactive outreach when results are abnormal or concerning
  • Real-time clinical support as symptoms or questions arise
  • Rapid escalation when urgency is identified
  • Clear guidance to manage symptoms and uncertainty at home
Cancer Connect

Wraparound care that strengthens resilience and improves quality of life

Early detection can be emotionally overwhelming. Color integrates whole-person support to help people take action and stay engaged.

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Physical well being
  • Nutrition support
  • Fatigue and sleep strategies
  • Mobility and functional guidance
Emotional and mental health
  • Peer support groups
  • Access to cancer-specific clinicians
  • Coaching and support for caregivers
Practical and logistical help
  • Support with benefit, leave, and resources
  • Help with transportation or lodging
  • Guidance during disruptions or complications

Frequently asked questions

Common question asked and answered here?

On March 16th, 2020, the first stay-at-home orders were issued in the San Francisco Bay Area. Exactly two weeks later, Color had built a CLIA-certified COVID-19 testing lab and digital platform. One week after that, Color and the City and County of San Francisco launched one of the first high-capacity, public COVID testing sites.

In the months and years to come, Color supported employers, schools, and Federal, state, and local health departments across the country—Thermo Fisher Scientific, the CDC, the State of California and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Chicago Public Schools, to name a few—to provide critical access where people worked, played, learned, and worshiped. When antiviral treatment became available, Color ran three-quarters of the country’s state-level telehealth programs, with prescription delivery within 24 to 48 hours of symptom onset. Our population health work has since expanded to support other infectious disease areas. Color currently runs the State of California’s HIV PrEP telehealth access program.

Common question asked and answered here?

On March 16th, 2020, the first stay-at-home orders were issued in the San Francisco Bay Area. Exactly two weeks later, Color had built a CLIA-certified COVID-19 testing lab and digital platform. One week after that, Color and the City and County of San Francisco launched one of the first high-capacity, public COVID testing sites.

In the months and years to come, Color supported employers, schools, and Federal, state, and local health departments across the country—Thermo Fisher Scientific, the CDC, the State of California and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Chicago Public Schools, to name a few—to provide critical access where people worked, played, learned, and worshiped. When antiviral treatment became available, Color ran three-quarters of the country’s state-level telehealth programs, with prescription delivery within 24 to 48 hours of symptom onset. Our population health work has since expanded to support other infectious disease areas. Color currently runs the State of California’s HIV PrEP telehealth access program.

Common question asked and answered here?

On March 16th, 2020, the first stay-at-home orders were issued in the San Francisco Bay Area. Exactly two weeks later, Color had built a CLIA-certified COVID-19 testing lab and digital platform. One week after that, Color and the City and County of San Francisco launched one of the first high-capacity, public COVID testing sites.

In the months and years to come, Color supported employers, schools, and Federal, state, and local health departments across the country—Thermo Fisher Scientific, the CDC, the State of California and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Chicago Public Schools, to name a few—to provide critical access where people worked, played, learned, and worshiped. When antiviral treatment became available, Color ran three-quarters of the country’s state-level telehealth programs, with prescription delivery within 24 to 48 hours of symptom onset. Our population health work has since expanded to support other infectious disease areas. Color currently runs the State of California’s HIV PrEP telehealth access program.

Common question asked and answered here?

On March 16th, 2020, the first stay-at-home orders were issued in the San Francisco Bay Area. Exactly two weeks later, Color had built a CLIA-certified COVID-19 testing lab and digital platform. One week after that, Color and the City and County of San Francisco launched one of the first high-capacity, public COVID testing sites.

In the months and years to come, Color supported employers, schools, and Federal, state, and local health departments across the country—Thermo Fisher Scientific, the CDC, the State of California and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Chicago Public Schools, to name a few—to provide critical access where people worked, played, learned, and worshiped. When antiviral treatment became available, Color ran three-quarters of the country’s state-level telehealth programs, with prescription delivery within 24 to 48 hours of symptom onset. Our population health work has since expanded to support other infectious disease areas. Color currently runs the State of California’s HIV PrEP telehealth access program.