All the News That's Fit: Colonoscopy queries, fast fingernails and honey's hardiness
This week in health news from Scott LaFee of the Sanford Burnham Prebys research institute A study has found that colonoscopies can detect cancer recurrences only 0.3 percent in patients aged 70 to 85, compared to 0.4 percent for patients who had had precancerous growths removed a year or more prior. The study also found that surveillance colonoscopy detected very few recurrantions in patients who underwent such surgeries. The researchers recommend discussing the benefits of continued testing in light of the potential life expectancy of the patient and the potential harms of colonoscopes, which increase with advancing age and comorbidities.
发表 : 10 个月前 经过 San Diego Union-Tribune 在 Health
Rising rates of colorectal cancer in younger people have prompted calls for screening at an earlier age. A new study looked at the question of when someone is old enough to no longer require follow-up colonoscopies, when the procedure no longer makes long-term health sense.
In a cross-sectional study of 10,000 patients ages 70 to 85 who had had precancerous growths removed a year or more before, researchers found that surveillance colonoscopies detected very few cancer recurrences, just 0.3 percent in patients.
The scientists recommend discussing benefits of continued testing “in the context of the life expectancy of the patient and weighed against the rare but known harms of colonoscopy, which increase with advancing age and comorbidities.”