# Cancer Screening in Elderly Patients

**Type:** Papers  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/papers/cancer-screening-in-elderly-patients/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Author Names | Louise C. Walter,Kenneth E. Covinsky |
| Citations | 1,007 |
| DOI | 10.1001/jama.285.21.2750 |
| Fields | Economics, Econometrics and Finance,Medicine |
| Open Access | false |
| OA Status | closed |
| OpenAlex ID | https://openalex.org/W1978229612 |
| PMID | 11386931 |
| Type | article |
| Year | 2001 |

## Paper authors

- [Kenneth E. Covinsky](https://scholariq.org/researchers/kenneth-e-covinsky/)

## Paper journal

- [JAMA](https://scholariq.org/journals/jama/)

## Paper primary topic

- [Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection](https://scholariq.org/topics/colorectal-cancer-screening-and-detection/)

## Paper topics

- [Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection](https://scholariq.org/topics/colorectal-cancer-screening-and-detection/)
- [Global Cancer Incidence and Screening](https://scholariq.org/topics/global-cancer-incidence-and-screening/)
- [Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life](https://scholariq.org/topics/health-systems-economic-evaluations-quality-of-life/)

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