The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends that the decision regarding whether to screen persons aged 75 to 85 years for colorectal cancer be individualized and that screening should not be performed in persons older than 85 years of age.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a single, major U.S. academic center, 7067 patients older than 75 years underwent screening colonoscopy during the study period of 2009 through 2022. The percentage of patients with a life expectancy of fewer than 10 years who still received a colonoscopy was 30% of 76- to 80-year-olds (39% of men and 23% of women), 71% of 81- to 85-year-olds, and 100% of 271 patients older than age 85.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Overall, 56.6% had normal colonoscopy results, 37.7% had a nonadvanced polyp, 5.7% had advanced neoplasia, and 0.2% had cancer. Of the 15 patients with cancer, 9 had a life expectancy of fewer than 10 years, and only one received treatment. Four of 6 patients with a life expectancy of at least 10 years underwent treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Serious adverse event rates that developed within 10 days after colonoscopy, including hospitalization for at least 10 days, admission to the intensive care unit, or need for surgery or a repeat procedure, were 2.42% for 76- to 80-year-olds, 3.92% for 81- to 85-year-olds, and 11.07% for those older than 85 years. The respective perforation rates for these 3 age groups were 0.52%, 1.95%, and 3.69%.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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