Title of article
Cancer screening in the elderly
Author/Authors
Joop A. van Dongen، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 1998
Pages
3
From page
367
To page
369
Abstract
Population-based cancer screening is effective only for a few tumour types. For these categories the screening programs have upper age limits. Arguments are provided for why population-based cancer screening is contraproductive in the elderly, even for cancers with a high incidence in old age.
Keywords
prostate cancer , cancer screening , ELDERLY , breast cancer
Journal title
European Journal of Surgical Oncology
Serial Year
1998
Journal title
European Journal of Surgical Oncology
Record number
509964
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