Preferred clinician communication about stopping cancer screening among older US adults: Results from a national survey
Menée aux Etats-Unis par enquête auprès de 881 adultes âgés de plus de 65 ans, cette étude analyse leurs préférences relatives à leur façon de communiquer avec le médecin lorsqu'il s'agit de mettre un terme à des examens de dépistage des cancers en raison de leur espérance de vie
Clinical practice guidelines recommend against routine cancer screening in older adults in whom the potential harms of screening outweigh the benefits, which are often defined by specific age or life expectancy thresholds.However, many older adults who meet these thresholds for stopping routine screening continue to undergo screening for breast, prostate, and colorectal cancers.One contributor to this discrepancy may be that clinicians are uncomfortable discussing cancer screening cessation. This project aimed to identify older adults’ preferred communication strategies for clinicians to use when discussing stopping cancer screening.
JAMA Oncology 2018