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Clinical Breast Exam
CBE - Check for breast cancer
Every 3 years while in your 20s and 30s and every year when you reach 40
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Breast Self-Exam
BSE - Report any abnormalities in a self examination to a health care profession
Start in your 20s
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Cervical Cancer Screenings - Pap Tests
Should start pap tests 3 years after beginning vaginal intercouse and no later than age 21
30, women with 3 or more normal Pap tests in a row can choose to be screened every 2-3 years along with a liquid-based Pap test to test for human papilloma virus (HPV)
70, women who have had 3 or more normal Pap tests in a row can choose to no longer continue with screenings
Total hysterectomies may constitute stopping of tests
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Mammograms
Mammograms - Check for breast cancer
Start at age 40 and continue as long as a woman is in good health
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Tests to Find Colonrectal Cancer and Polyps
Colonrectral Cancer and Polyp Screenings at age 50:
Flexible Sigmoidoscopy - every 5 years
Colonoscopy - every 10 years
Double-contrast barium enema - every 5 years
CT colonography (virtual colonoscopy) - every 5 years
Men and Women -
Tests to find Colonrectal Cancer
These are tests to primarily check for colonrectal cancer only at age 50:
Fecal occult blood test (gFOBT) - every year
Fecal immunochemical test (FIT) - every year
Stool DNA test (sDNA) - interval uncertain
Men and Women -
Prostate Exam
Begin to discuss with your doctor at age 50 about the possibility of a prostate exam. If you have a family history of prostate cancer or are African-America, you should consider talking to your doctor at age 45
Men