Personalizing Colonoscopy Screening for Elderly Individuals by ScreeningHistory Cancer Risk and Comorbidity Status Could Increase CostEffectiveness

摘要

Background & AimsColorectal cancer (CRC) screening decisions for elderly individuals are often made based primarily on age—other factors that affect the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of screening are often not considered. We investigated the relative importance of factors that could be used to identify those elderly individuals most likely to benefit from CRC screening and determined the maximum ages at which screening remains cost effective based on these factors.