Cancer screening and aging: Research barriers and opportunities

Cancer

Volumn 113, Issue 12 SUPPL., 2008, Pages 3493-3504

  Gorin, Sherri Sheinfeld ^a,b   Gauthier, Janine ^c   Hay, Jennifer ^d   Miles, Anne ^e   Wardle, Jane ^e  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b Rush University Medical Center ^*  (United States)

^c RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; Barriers; Cancer screening; Research agenda

Indexed keywords

AGING; AWARENESS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER SCREENING; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONFERENCE PAPER; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TAXONOMY; THERAPY DELAY;

AGED; AGING; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 59449108701     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.23938     Document Type: Conference Paper

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