ReviewCurrent oncology reports2020
Cancer Screening Among Older Adults: a Geriatrician's Perspective on Breast, Cervical, Colon, Prostate, and Lung Cancer Screening.
Review in Current oncology reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 25 citations in OpenAlex.
- Factors Influencing Primary Care Practitioners' Cancer Screening Recommendations for Older Adults: a Systematic Review.Journal of general internal medicine · 2023Pooled it
- Patient-Reported Factors Associated With Older Adults' Cancer Screening Decision-making: A Systematic Review.JAMA network open · 2021Pooled it
- A National Survey-Do Women 65 Years or Older Perceive Persuasion to Stop Getting Mammograms as Ethically Appropriate?Journal of general internal medicine · 2025Article
- General practitioners' views and experiences of communicating with older people about cancer screening: a qualitative study.Family practice · 2024Article
- Hepatocellular carcinoma outcomes and potential implications for surveillance in elderly patients.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Gerontology in Public Health: A Scoping Review of Current Perspectives and Interventions.Cureus · 2024Article
- Does Old Age Comprise Distinct Subphases? Evidence from an Analysis of the Relationship between Age and Activities of Daily Living, Comorbidities, and Geriatric Syndromes.Annals of geriatric medicine and research · 2024Observational
- Exploring the Future of Cancer Impact in Alberta: Projections and Trends 2020-2040.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2023Article
- Breast cancer screening and diagnosis in older adults women in Brazil: why it is time to reconsider the recommendations.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- How aging of the global population is changing oncology.Ecancermedicalscience · 2021Article
- Factors associated with mammogram and Papanicolaou testing among Mexican American older women.Women's health (London, England)Article
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Abstract
purpose of reviewWe summarize the evidence of benefits, harms, and tools to assist in individualized decisions among older adults in screening for breast, prostate, colon, lung, and cervical cancer. RECENT
findingsThe benefits of cancer screening in older adults remain unclear due to minimal inclusion of adults > 75 years old in most randomized controlled trials. Indirect evidence suggests that the benefits of screening seen in younger adults (< 70 years old) can be extrapolated to older adults when they have an estimated life expectancy of at least 10 years. However, older adults, especially those with limited life expectancy, may be at increased risk for experiencing harms of screening, including overdiagnosis of clinically unimportant diseases, complications from diagnostic procedures, and distress after false positive test results. We provide a framework to integrate key factors such as health status, risks and benefits of specific tests, and patient preferences to guide clinicians in cancer screening decisions in older adults.
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