Up-to-date prevalence at recommended ages for discontinuing routine colorectal, cervical and lung cancer screening
Recommended Citation
Pocobelli G, Del Vecchio NJ, Cushing-Haugen K, Kamineni A, Corley DA, Rendle KA, Halm EA, Li CI, Oshiro CES, Carroll NM, Silver MI, Greenlee RT, Neslund-Dudas C, Breslau ES, Chubak J. Up-to-date prevalence at recommended ages for discontinuing routine colorectal, cervical and lung cancer screening. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2026.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2-16-2026
Publication Title
J Natl Cancer Inst
Abstract
Cancer screening guidelines specify ages at which routine screening should be discontinued and, except for cervical cancer screening, do not require specific screening history criteria be met for discontinuation. We estimated the prevalence of being up to date with average-risk screening guidelines for colorectal, cervical, and lung cancer as of the recommended ages for discontinuation of routine screening. We conducted a descriptive study among several U.S. healthcare systems during 2010-2019. Up-to-date screening prevalence, based on U.S. Preventive Services Task Force guidelines, was ascertained prior to 76th, 66th, and 81st birthdays among persons eligible for colorectal (N = 316,756 persons), cervical (N = 20,282 persons), and lung cancer (N = 1,151 persons) screening, respectively. Up-to-date screening prevalence was 84.4% for colorectal, 58.9% for cervical, and 6.3% for lung cancer screening. Up-to-date screening prevalence at the ages recommended for discontinuing routine colorectal, cervical, and lung cancer screening varied appreciably, and was particularly low for lung cancer screening.
PubMed ID
41697970
ePublication
ePub ahead of print
