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3 Ιαν 2020 · In particular, healthy older individuals aged 76 to 80 years at average risk of CRC reported rates of advanced neoplasia and CRC (14.3% and 2.6%, respectively) that were twice as high as the rates in the main age group of 50 to 75 years. 9
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20 Ιουλ 2020 · The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) currently recommends screening for colorectal cancer (which is often done with a colonoscopy) starting at age 50 and continuing until age 75. If you're not at an increased risk of colorectal cancer, you can expect a colonoscopy every 10 years.
Colonoscopy in very elderly patients (over 80 years of age) carries a greater risk of complications, adverse events and morbidity than in younger patients, and is associated with lower completion rates and higher chance of poor bowel preparation.
15 Ιουν 2021 · His team found that the risk of dying from colorectal cancer was reduced by more than a third in people over age 75 who had been screened by colonoscopy or sigmoidoscopy, compared with people in the same age group who did not undergo either of these screening tests.
Colonoscopy in the very elderly has lower efficacy for increasing life expectancy, and the benefits may be outweighed by increased risk. This is partially attributed to the fact that the elderly are more likely to die of other causes before dying from CRC.
2 Ιουν 2018 · The decision to perform colonoscopy in the very elderly must take into account the indication and expected yield, risks of the procedure, risks of bowel preparation, physical fitness of the patient, potential alternative and the ability to consent.
The risk is even higher in women, with 27% of cases diagnosed at the age of 80 years and above, with 40% of deaths occurring in this age group.1 Although age is not a modi fiable risk factor for developing CRC, the benets of fi screening for CRC in older adults is less clear.
