Abstract：
:Cancer screening of the elderly is warranted for those cancers for which early detection and treatment improve life expectancy. There is excellent evidence to include screening for breast cancer with clinical examination and mammography for elderly women. There is also reasonable evidence to screen for cervical cancer with PAP testing in elderly women who were previously unscreened, although there is no evidence to support continuing the practice in women who have had consecutive normal PAP tests. No evidence supports or refutes screening programs for colon, prostate, skin, or oral cancer in the elderly. The authors recommend including screening for colon and prostate cancer in the routine examination of office patients. The potential benefit for the rare patient in whom an early stage cancer is discovered and treated is large and worth both the physician's and patient's time and effort. The authors recommend screening only patients deemed to be at high risk for skin and oral cancer. The main factor favoring continued screening in the elderly is the burden of suffering and the pronounced increased incidence of the disease in old age. Lastly, the authors recommend against routine screening for lung cancer in the elderly.
journal_name
Clin Geriatr Medjournal_title
Clinics in geriatric medicineauthors
Oddone EZ,Feussner JR,Cohen HJsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
1992-02-01 00:00:00pages
51-67issue
1eissn
0749-0690issn
1879-8853journal_volume
8pub_type
杂志文章,评审abstract：:The aging of a population replete with risk factors for heart failure(HF) (coronary heart disease, diabetes, and hypertension) coupled with a declining age-adjusted mortality rate for coronary artery and hypertensive heart diseases has created, and will continue to create, a literal explosion in the prevalence of HF i...
journal_title：Clinics in geriatric medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.cger.2006.09.003
更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Clinics in geriatric medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.cger.2014.01.002
更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Clinics in geriatric medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Clinics in geriatric medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.cger.2015.07.003
更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Clinics in geriatric medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Clinics in geriatric medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/s0749-0690(02)00108-8
更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Clinics in geriatric medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Clinics in geriatric medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.cger.2015.01.002
更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Clinics in geriatric medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.cger.2006.06.011
更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Clinics in geriatric medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.cger.2011.07.013
更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Clinics in geriatric medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Clinics in geriatric medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.cger.2017.09.006
更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Clinics in geriatric medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Clinics in geriatric medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.cger.2008.11.004
更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Clinics in geriatric medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Clinics in geriatric medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Clinics in geriatric medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/s0749-0690(03)00035-1
更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Clinics in geriatric medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.cger.2019.08.002
更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Clinics in geriatric medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.cger.2007.12.006
更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Clinics in geriatric medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.cger.2010.02.007
更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Clinics in geriatric medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Clinics in geriatric medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Clinics in geriatric medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.cger.2015.07.004
更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Clinics in geriatric medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.cger.2011.02.004
更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Clinics in geriatric medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Clinics in geriatric medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/s0749-0690(05)70021-5
更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Clinics in geriatric medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.cger.2010.03.002
更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Clinics in geriatric medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.cger.2012.01.005
更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Psychomotor assessment is a collaborative effort between the neurologic and the neuropsychologic evaluation. Changes associated with normal aging must be differentiated from signs and symptoms that indicate abnormal functioning. Recent developments in computer-based technology should add to the precision and accuracy ...
journal_title：Clinics in geriatric medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Subacute care is a program of care for individuals with recent or current illness or injury. Currently, the services received by patients in subacute care vary considerably among sites, partly because these sites may specialize in certain treatments and partly because providers often define subacute care according to ...
journal_title：Clinics in geriatric medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0749-0690(05)70038-0
更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00
