Would You Recommend Screening Colonoscopy for the Very Elderly?
Life expectancy in Korea has increased, and the number of screening colonoscopies in the elderly has also dramatically increased. The net benefit of colonoscopy in the very elderly (≥80 years of age as defined by the World Health Organization) may be reduced because of the competing risk of mortalit...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Korean Association for the Study of Intestinal Diseases
2014-10-01
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| Series: | Intestinal Research |
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| Online Access: | http://www.irjournal.org/upload/pdf/ir-12-275.pdf |