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When should we stop mammography screening for breast cancer in elderly women?

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dc.contributor.authorParnes, Bennett L.eng
dc.contributor.authorSmith, Peter C.eng
dc.contributor.authorConry, Colleen M.eng
dc.date.issued2001eng
dc.description.abstractThere is insufficient evidence to recommend for or against routine screening mammography beyond the age of 69 years. The best candidates to stop screening are elderly women who have significant comorbidities, poor functional status, low bone mineral density (BMD), little interest in preventive care, or an unwillingness to accept the potential harm of screening. (Grade of Recommendation: C, based on retrospective cohort studies.)eng
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10355/2829eng
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.publisherFamily Physicians Inquiries Networkeng
dc.relation.ispartofcollectionClinical Inquiries, 2001 (MU)eng
dc.relation.ispartofcommunityUniversity of Missouri--Columbia. School of Medicine. Department of Family and Community Medicine. Family Physicians Inquiries Networkeng
dc.relation.ispartofseriesJournal of family practice, 50, no. 02 (February 2001)eng
dc.rightsOpenAccess.eng
dc.rights.licenseThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License.eng
dc.subjectelderly womeneng
dc.subjectcancer screeningeng
dc.subjectductal carcinomaeng
dc.subjectcomorbiditieseng
dc.subject.lcshBreast -- Cancer -- Diagnosiseng
dc.subject.lcshOlder women -- Diseases -- Diagnosiseng
dc.subject.lcshComorbidityeng
dc.subject.meshCarcinoma, Ductal, Breasteng
dc.titleWhen should we stop mammography screening for breast cancer in elderly women?eng
dc.typeArticleeng


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