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Despite Guidelines, Elderly Are Getting Cancer Tests
Despite Guidelines, Elderly Are Getting Cancer Tests
MA Moon
20111112
2011 Dec 12
Elsevier Global Medical News
Despite Guidelines, Elderly Are Getting Cancer Tests
Elsevier Global Medical News. 2011 Dec 12, MA Moon
Most Americans aged 75 years and older continue to undergo routine screening for breast, cervical, colorectal, or prostate cancer even though recommendations advise against it, according to a report in the Dec. 12/26 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine.Approximately half of these older adults report that their physicians recommended the cancer screening."These persistently elevated rates of screening raise the question of whether the decision to be screened is being made without fully knowing...