Older Adults’ Views and Communication Preferences About Cancer Screening Cessation | Zendy

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Older Adults’ Views and Communication Preferences About Cancer Screening Cessation

Author(s) -

Nancy L. Schoenborn,

Kimberley Lee,

Craig Evan Pollack,

Karen Armacost,

Sydney M. Dy,

John F. P. Bridges,

QianLi Xue,

Antonio C. Wolff,

Cynthia M. Boyd

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

jama internal medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 5.14

H-Index - 342

eISSN - 2168-6114

pISSN - 2168-6106

DOI - 10.1001/jamainternmed.2017.1778

Subject(s) - life expectancy , medicine , context (archaeology) , cancer screening , gerontology , expectancy theory , qualitative research , family medicine , medline , cancer , psychology , population , social psychology , paleontology , social science , environmental health , sociology , political science , law , biology

Older adults with limited life expectancy are frequently screened for cancer even though it exposes them to risks of screening with minimal benefit. Patient preferences may be an important contributor to continued screening.

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