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Period: to
screening for cancer
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yearly checkup
20 or older having periodic health exams, a cancer-related check-up should include health counseling and, depending on a person's age and gender, exams for cancers of the thyroid, oral cavity, skin, lymph nodes, testes, and ovaries, as well as for some non-malignant (non-cancerous) diseases. -
yearly pap smear
All women should begin cervical cancer screening about 3 years after they begin having vaginal intercourse, but no later than 21 years old. Screening should be done every year with the regular Pap test or every 2 years using the newer liquid-based Pap test. -
yearly mammogram
starting at age 40 women should have this procedure done to ensure breast cancer is not forming. -
Yearly fecal occult blood test (gFOBT)
both men and women should take this test because it is one of the main tests that primarily finds cancer -
yearly colorectal exam
Flexible sigmoidoscopy,
or Every five years, starting at age 50
Colonoscopy, or Every 10 years, starting at age 50
Double-contrast barium
enema (DCBE),
or
Every five years, starting at age 50
CT colonography (virtual
colonoscopy
