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Breast Self-Exam (20s)
A Breast Self-Exam (BSE) is an option for women starting in their 20s. It is a test that women can do individuallly on their own to feel and look for abnomralities in their breasts. This test is one option for women because women should know how their breasts normally look and feel. This is another option for checking for breast cancer. -
Pap Test (21)
This test tests for Cervical Cancer. Women between 21-29 should have a Pap test every 3 years. Women 30-65 should have a Pap test plus a HPV test every 5 years. And women over 65 who have had regular cervical cancer testing with normal results should NOT be tested for cervical cancers.The doctor will put an instrument into the vagina & will open it to see the cervix.Then, use a special stick to take cells from the surface of &inside the cervix. The cells are placed on a slide& sent for testing. -
Clinical Breast Exam (20s-30s)
Clinical Breast Exams (CBE) should be done about every 3 years for women in their 20s and 30s and every year for women age 40 and over. A CBE is a physical exam done by a health care provider as part of your regular medical check-up. Your physician should feel your breasts and underarm for any changes or abnormalities, such as a lump. They should visually check your breasts while you are sitting up&physically examine your breasts while you are lying down. This test is to check for Breast Cancer. -
HPV Test (30)
The HPV test checks for HPV. The test can be done at the same time as the Pap test, with the same swab or a second swab. You won't notice a difference in your exam if you have both tests. A Pap test plus an HPV test (called co-testing) is the preferred way to find early cervical cancers or pre-cancers in women 30 and older. The HPV test should be done between ages 30-65 to test for Cervical Cancers. -
Mammogram (40)
This screening is used to test for Breast Cancer. Yearly mammograms starting at age 40 and continuing for as long as a woman is in good health. This test is performed by your breast being briefly compressed or squeezed between 2 plates attached to the mammogram machine. An adjustable plastic plate is on top and a fixed x-ray plate is on the bottom. The bottom plate holds the x-ray film or the digital detector that makes the image. -
Flexible Sigmoidoscopy (50)
A Flexible Sigmoidoscopy is one screening option, for both men and women,to test for Colorectal cancer and polyps. This test should be done every 5 years, beginning at age 50.Durting this test,patients lie on their side on an examination table.The doctor inserts a long&flexible scope, into the anus and slowly guides it through the rectum&into the sigmoid colon.The scope inflates the colon with air & a small camera on the scope transmits an image from inside the colon to the computer screen. -
Colonocopy (50)
A Colonoscopy is also a test that tests for Colorectal cancer and polyps. Men and women should begin this test at age 50 and have it done every 10 years. Thhe Sigmoidoscopy is the same as the Colonoscopy except the sigmoidoscopy stops at the Sigmoid Colon, whereas the colonoscopy allows the doctor to see the entire colon. -
Endometrial Biopsy
Most women are not tested for Endometrial Cancer, so the majority of the time it is diagnosed after a woman sees her doctor because she has symptoms.This test can also be done at the time of menopause. After symptoms occur or the patient is believed to possibly have this type of cancer, an Endometiral biopsy is performed. In this procedure a very thin flexible tube is inserted into the Uterus through the Cervix. Then, a small amount of enometrium is removed. -
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