Access the full text.
Sign up today, get DeepDyve free for 14 days.
P. Hewitson, P. Glasziou, E. Watson, B. Towler, L. Irwig (2008)
Cochrane Systematic Review of Colorectal Cancer Screening Using the Fecal Occult Blood Test (Hemoccult): An UpdateThe American Journal of Gastroenterology, 103
L. Walter, Natalie Davidowitz, P. Heineken, K. Covinsky (2004)
Pitfalls of converting practice guidelines into quality measures: lessons learned from a VA performance measure.JAMA, 291 20
Joeseph Selby, G. Friedman, C. Quesenberry, N. Weiss (1992)
A case-control study of screening sigmoidoscopy and mortality from colorectal cancer.The New England journal of medicine, 326 10
Charles Kahi, M. Ryn, B. Juliar, J. Stuart, T. Imperiale (2009)
Provider Recommendations for Colorectal Cancer Screening in Elderly VeteransJournal of General Internal Medicine, 24
N. Calonge, D. Petitti, T. Dewitt, A. Dietrich, K. Gregory, Russell Harris, G. Isham, M. LeFevre, R. Leipzig, C. Loveland-Cherry, L. Marion, B. Melnyk, V. Moyer, J. Ockene, G. Sawaya, B. Yawn (2008)
Screening for colorectal cancer: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statement.Annals of internal medicine, 149 9
N. Baxter, M. Goldwasser, L. Paszat, R. Saskin, D. Urbach, L. Rabeneck (2009)
Association of Colonoscopy and Death From Colorectal CancerAnnals of Internal Medicine, 150
(2007)
Use of mammograms among women aged > or = 40 years--United States, 2000-2005.MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 56 3
B. Sirovich, Lisa Schwartz, S. Woloshin (2003)
Screening men for prostate and colorectal cancer in the United States: does practice reflect the evidence?JAMA, 289 11
J. Mandel, J. Bond, T. Church, D. Snover, G. Bradley, L. Schuman, F. Ederer (1993)
Reducing mortality from colorectal cancer by screening for fecal occult blood. Minnesota Colon Cancer Control Study.The New England journal of medicine, 328 19
Colorectal Cancer Screening in the Elderly JGIM
L. Walter, K. Lindquist, S. Nugent, Tammy Schult, Sei Lee, M. Casadei, M. Partin (2009)
Impact of Age and Comorbidity on Colorectal Cancer Screening Among Older VeteransAnnals of Internal Medicine, 150
(2008)
Use of colorectal cancer tests--United States, 2002, 2004, and 2006.MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 57 10
D. Fisher, J. Galanko, Tara Dudley, N. Shaheen (2007)
Impact of comorbidity on colorectal cancer screening in the veterans healthcare system.Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association, 5 8
R. Pearson (2009)
Association of Colonoscopy and Death from Colorectal CancerYearbook of Gastroenterology, 2009
A. Müller, A. Sonnenberg (1995)
Protection by endoscopy against death from colorectal cancer. A case-control study among veterans.Archives of internal medicine, 155 16
J. Mandel, T. Church, J. Bond, F. Ederer, M. Geisser, S. Mongin, D. Snover, L. Schuman (2000)
The effect of fecal occult-blood screening on the incidence of colorectal cancer.The New England journal of medicine, 343 22
JGIM EDITORIALS Colorectal Cancer Screening in the Elderly: The Need for Informed Decision Making 1 2 Richard M. Hoffman, MD, MPH and Louise C. Walter, MD 1 2 New Mexico VA Health Care System, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA; San Francisco VA Medical Center, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA. no screening after age 85 and personalized screening decisions J Gen Intern Med 24(12):1336–7 DOI: 10.1007/s11606-009-1121-7 for those ages 76 to 85 . These recommendations are partly © Society of General Internal Medicine 2009 based on the trial data showing that colorectal cancer survival curves did not diverge until 5 years after the start of screening. This interval reflects that it often takes many years between when a cancer could be first detectable by olorectal cancer screening works! We have convincing screening until when it would have grown large enough to C evidence from randomized trials of fecal occult blood cause symptoms or death. The recommendation for “person- tests (FOBT) showing that colorectal cancer screening reduces alized” screening decisions really is a call for informed disease-specific morbidity and mortality . Case-control studies decision making. Older patients, especially those who have 2–4 suggest that endoscopy is also
Journal of General Internal Medicine – Springer Journals
Published: Oct 2, 2009
Read and print from thousands of top scholarly journals.
Already have an account? Log in
Bookmark this article. You can see your Bookmarks on your DeepDyve Library.
To save an article, log in first, or sign up for a DeepDyve account if you don’t already have one.
Copy and paste the desired citation format or use the link below to download a file formatted for EndNote
Access the full text.
Sign up today, get DeepDyve free for 14 days.
All DeepDyve websites use cookies to improve your online experience. They were placed on your computer when you launched this website. You can change your cookie settings through your browser.