Pro: should screening colonoscopy be performed on an 88-yr-old healthy patient?
Am J Gastroenterol
.
2006 Aug;101(8):1713-5; discussion 1717-8.
doi: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00756_1.x.
Author
Robert E Schoen
1
Affiliation
1
Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
PMID:
16928248
DOI:
10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00756_1.x
No abstract available
MeSH terms
Age Factors
Aged, 80 and over
Colonoscopy* / adverse effects
Colorectal Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Geriatric Assessment
Humans
Life Expectancy
Precancerous Conditions / diagnosis
Risk Factors