Colorectal Cancer Screening Receipt Does Not Differ by 10-Year Mortality Risk Among Older Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Health status and life expectancy are important considerations for assessing potential benefits and harms of colorectal cancer (CRC) screening programs, particularly among older adults.

Methods

We examined receipt of past-year CRC screening according to predicted 10-year mortality risk among 25,888 community-dwelling adults aged 65-84 years who were not up-to-date with screening in the nationwide National Health Interview Survey. Ten-year mortality risk was estimated using a validated index; from the lowest to highest quintiles of the index, risk was 12%, 24%, 39%, 58%, and 79%, respectively. We also examined the proportion of screening performed among adults with life expectancy <10 years.

Results

The prevalence of past-year CRC screening was 39.5%, 40.6%,

SUBMITTER: Liu PH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10872814 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature