Colon cancer screening in U.S. adults aged 65 and older according to life expectancy and age

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 750-756

  Schonberg, Mara A ^a   Breslau, Erica S ^b   Hamel, Mary Beth ^a   Bellizzi, Keith M ^c   McCarthy, Ellen P ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

colorectal cancer screening; life expectancy; older women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER SCREENING; COLON CANCER; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSURANCE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; UNITED STATES; AGE; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; TRENDS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DATA COLLECTION; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84928381273     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.13335     Document Type: Article

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