Cancer screening in the older adult: issues and concerns.
Making individual recommendations for cancer screening in older adult patients may be difficult and time consuming, because of the need to incorporate complex issues of life expectancy, health status, risks and benefits, and individual values and wishes. In this article, current recommendations and related risks and benefits are summarized. Specific issues and concerns are addressed, with suggestions for strategies to assist older adults in making screening decisions.
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center College of Nursing, 1100 North Stonewall Avenue, Room 420, Oklahoma City OK 73117, USA. Electronic address: Melissa-craft@ouhsc.edu.
Melissa
M
Craft
D000368:Aged; D003657:Decision Making; D006801:Humans; D008017:Life Expectancy; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D018570:Risk Assessment
Cancer screening; Decision making; Issues; Older adult