Should Colorectal Cancer Screening Be Considered in Elderly Persons Without Previous Screening?
- 3 June 2014
- journal article
- Published by American College of Physicians in Annals of Internal Medicine
- Vol. 160 (11), 750
- https://doi.org/10.7326/m13-2263
Abstract
Some guidelines caution against routine screening for colorectal cancer in persons older than 75 years with an adequate screening history but have not addressed screening in those without a screeni... Background: The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends against routine screening for colorectal cancer (CRC) in adequately screened persons older than 75 years but does not address the appr...Keywords
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