Tuesday, 13 December 2011

Many elderly screened for cancer despite doubts

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Although the benefits of Cancer screening in elderly people are often less certain than the risks, many silver-haired Americans are still getting the routine tests, researchers said Monday. More than half of women ages 75 to 79 in a nationwide survey said they were being screened for Breast Cancer and had had recent Pap smears to look for signs of cervical cancer. Similarly, most men in that age group had been screened for prostate cancer recently. The numbers dropped some for people over 80, but were still high. ...read more..

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