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Ethical dilemma of colorectal screening: What age should a screening colonoscopy start and stop?

Many advanced age patients who are diagnosed with colorectal cancer are often not offered surgical treatment due to presumed high risks of the procedure. While there is data to support surgical treatment of colorectal cancer in advanced age patients, screening colonoscopy is not currently recommende...

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Autores principales: Turshudzhyan, Alla, Trovato, Alexa, Tadros, Micheal
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Baishideng Publishing Group Inc 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8474697/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34630894
http://dx.doi.org/10.4253/wjge.v13.i9.447