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Screening for cancer beyond recommended upper age limits: views and experiences of older people – Jenna Smith et al.

Lucia Marcello2023-12-01T15:18:47+11:00Ageing, Bowel cancer, Breast cancer, Cancer, Cervical Cancer, Overdiagnosis, Prostate cancer, Publications|

Internationally, screening programmes and clinical practice guidelines recommend when older adults should stop cancer screening using upper age limits, but it is unknown how older adults view these recommendations. The obective of this study is to examine older adults’ views and experiences about continuing or [...]

Implementation of risk stratification within bowel cancer screening: a community jury study exploring public acceptability and communication needs – Lily C. Taylor, Rebecca A. Dennison, Simon J. Griffin, et al.

Krista Verlis2023-10-23T15:12:48+11:00Bowel cancer, Health literacy, Publications, Screening|

Risk stratification of bowel cancer screening was acceptable to the informed public. Using data within the current system (age, sex and screening results) was considered an obvious next step and collecting additional data for lifestyle and/or genetic risk assessment was also preferable to age-based screening. [...]

The Conversation – Actor Ryan Reynolds has urged 45 year olds to screen for bowel cancer. But the case for screening in your 40s isn’t clear cut

Thomas Dakin2022-09-21T15:15:55+10:00Bowel cancer, Cancer, Media, News, Overtesting, Tests|

Last week, actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney released a video of themselves getting colonoscopies to encourage others to undergo screening. The procedure detected polyps in the two men, both aged 45...

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Screening for cancer beyond recommended upper age limits: views and experiences of older people – Jenna Smith et al.

Implementation of risk stratification within bowel cancer screening: a community jury study exploring public acceptability and communication needs – Lily C. Taylor, Rebecca A. Dennison, Simon J. Griffin, et al.

The Conversation – Actor Ryan Reynolds has urged 45 year olds to screen for bowel cancer. But the case for screening in your 40s isn’t clear cut

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