Potential Intended and Unintended Consequences of Recommending Initiation of Colorectal Cancer Screening at Age 45 Years

Gastroenterology

Volumn 155, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 950-954

  Liang, Peter S ^a   Allison, James ^b   Ladabaum, Uri ^c   Martinez, Maria Elena ^d   Murphy, Caitlin C ^e   Schoen, Robert E ^f   Shaukat, Aasma ^g   Tinmouth, Jill ^h   Gupta, Samir ⁱ  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^g VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

ⁱ VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANCESTRY GROUP; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CANCER; EDITORIAL; ETHNIC GROUP; FINANCE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AGE; AGED; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COLORECTAL TUMOR; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GASTROENTEROLOGY; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STANDARDS; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CLINICAL DECISION-MAKING; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85054156474     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: 15280012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2018.08.019     Document Type: Editorial

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