| Date: | April 8, 2006 1:49 pm |
| Subject: | Science | | Word Count: | 146 | | Page Count: | 1 |
Aga And Aging
With most old aged people the chance of cancer rises. The best way to help combat this for the older people is secondary prevention. This type of prevention involves screening tests or examinations, which help with early detection of cancer. The sooner that the cancer is found the better the chances of defeating it. For this screening to be applicable, the disease must be common and curable. Screening people at the age of 60 could help decrease the number of deaths because it will most likely be detected and hopefully the diagnosis would be good.
Older people should not be excluded from validated screening programs and, when tumors are detected, effective therapy should be selected. A closer working relationship between surgeons, oncologists, and geriatricians as well as other health care professionals is essential to ensure high quality care to older cancer patients.
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