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* CRC
** Begins at age 50
** Sigmoidoscopy
** Colonoscopy
** CT colonography (virtual colonoscopy)
** Faecal occult blood test
* Breast
** Yearly mammogram after 40
** Clinical breast exam every 3 years after 20
** Breast self exam
* Prostate
** Controversial screening
*** May lead to treatment of cases which wouldn’t have been bothersome anyway
** For high-risk people
*** BRCA
*** Black
*** History of prostate cc
** PSA
** DRE
* Cervical
** 21 – 30
*** Pap smear every 3 years
** 30 – 65
*** Pap smear every 5 years
*** HPV test every 5 years
** Over 65
*** Not tested
** Vaccinated women should also be screened
** High risk screened more often
* Lung
** People above the age of 50 with at least 20 pack-years
** Low-dose CT scan
** National screening programmes are only active in the US and China, but is under consideration in most EU countries

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