Geographic Variation in Overscreening for Colorectal, Cervical, and Breast Cancer Among Older Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

National guidelines balance risks and benefits of population-level cancer screening among adults with average risk. Older adults are not recommended to receive routine screening, but many continue to be screened (ie, are overscreened).

Objective

To assess the prevalence of overscreening for colorectal, cervical, and breast cancers among older adults as well as differences in overscreening by metropolitan status.

Design, setting, and participants

The cross-sectional study examined responses to a telephone survey of 176 348 community-dwelling adults. Participants were included if they met age and sex criteria, and they were excluded from each cancer-specific subsample if they had a history of that cancer. Data came from the 2018 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveil

SUBMITTER: Moss JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8127072 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature