Increase in screening for colorectal cancer in older Americans: Results from a national survey

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1511-1516

  Chen, Xiao ^a   White, Mary C ^b,c   Peipins, Lucy A ^b   Seeff, Laura C ^b  

^a Constella Group LLC ^*  (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Colonoscopy; Colorectal cancer; Health surveys

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD; QUESTIONNAIRES; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 51249115834     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.01796.x     Document Type: Review

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