Review of the evidence for a colorectal cancer screening programme in elderly people

Age and Ageing

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 503-508

  Quarini, Catherine ^a   Gosney, Margot ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Colorectal; Elderly; Review; Screening

Indexed keywords

AGED; BARIUM ENEMA; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; DNA DETERMINATION; ELDERLY CARE; FECES ANALYSIS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

AGED; AGING; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING;

EID: 69449090256     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afp103     Document Type: Review

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