Question

A 72-year-old woman asks when to stop colorectal cancer screening; colonoscopies normal at 50 and 60. She is healthy. What do guidelines allow?

Accepted Answer

Continue screening until age 75; individualize from 76-85

Answer

Stop at 60 always

Answer

Continue until 90 regardless

Answer

Switch to annual CT colonography at 76

Answer

Stop now because two negative colonoscopies

Practice question

A 72-year-old woman asks when to stop colorectal cancer screening; colonoscopies normal at 50 and 60. She is healthy. What do guidelines allow?