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Continuing cancer screening later in life: attitudes and intentions among older adults in England.

von Wagner, C; Macedo, A; Campbell, C; Simon, AE; Wardle, J; Hammersley, V; Weller, D; (2013) Continuing cancer screening later in life: attitudes and intentions among older adults in England. Age Ageing , 42 (6) pp. 770-775. 10.1093/ageing/aft132. Green open access

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Abstract

the rise in life expectancy, together with age-related increase in the incidence of most cancers, has led to mounting interest in cancer screening in older people. In England, routine invitations stop and an 'opt-in' (individual request) process is available from ages 71 to 76 years for breast and colorectal screening respectively. Little is known about public attitudes towards age-stoppage policy.

Type: Article
Title: Continuing cancer screening later in life: attitudes and intentions among older adults in England.
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/aft132
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/aft132
Additional information: © The Author 2013. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the British Geriatrics Society. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Keywords: cancer screening stoppage, older age, older people, opt-in policy
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health > Behavioural Science and Health
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health > Epidemiology and Public Health
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1404574
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