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- Title
Cancer Screening in Elderly Patients.
- Authors
Walter, Louise C.; Covinsky, Kenneth E.
- Abstract
Discusses a framework for physicians to screen elderly patients for cancer. Suggested framework, based on quantitative information, which would replace the age guidelines for screening; Benefits and harms of cancer screening based on the patient's values and preferences; Suggestions for making informed screening decisions.
- Subjects
MEDICAL screening; CANCER diagnosis; PREVENTION of diseases in older people; CANCER susceptibility; TESTING
- Publication
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 2001, Vol 285, Issue 21, p2750
- ISSN
0098-7484
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1001/jama.285.21.2750