Screening colonoscopy in very elderly patients: Prevalence of neoplasia and estimated impact on life expectancy

JAMA

Volumn 295, Issue 20, 2006, Pages 2357-2365

  Lin, Otto S ^a   Kozarek, Richard A ^a   Schembre, Drew B ^a   Ayub, Kamran ^a   Gluck, Michael ^a   Drennan, Fred ^a   Soon, Maw Soan ^b   Rabeneck, Linda ^c  

^a VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CHANGHUA CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLON TUMOR; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL TUMOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE;

EID: 33646838631     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.295.20.2357     Document Type: Article

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