Cancer Screening and Early Detection in Older People: Considerations for Nursing Practice.
To synthesize relevant issues in cancer screening for older people for nursing practice.



Published scientific literature, clinical literature, and published cancer screening guidelines from the United States and Canada.



Nurses are caring for increasing numbers of older patients and, with this demographic shift, face increasing demands to address cancer screening and detection in both primary and specialty practice.



Ageism, self-stereotyping, cancer fear and fatalism, and cancer survivorship experiences influence cancer screening and generate the need for improved awareness of these issues to advance nursing practice.
Sarah H
SH
Kagan
Kristen W
KW
Maloney
D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002170:Canada; D055088:Early Detection of Cancer / Q000379:methods* / Q000451:nursing*; D005260:Female; D005851:Geriatric Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000451:nursing*; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009859:Oncology Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D014481:United States
ageism; cancer fear; cancer screening; gero-oncology; health promotion; older adult; preventive health care