30. Optional and mandatory screening

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  • Mandatory screening
    • Breast cancer
      • Clinical breast exam every 3 years after 20
      • Yearly mammogram after age 40
      • High-risk women must be screened earlier and more often
    • Colorectal cancer
      • After age 50
      • By colonoscopy, CT colonography, sigmoidoscopy, faecal occult blood test, etc.
      • High-risk persons must be screened earlier
    • Cervical cancer
      • After age of sexual debut
      • Pap smear every year
    • Tuberculosis screening for health workers
  • Optional screening
    • In newborns
      • Optional in Norway, mandatory in some countries
      • Phenylketonuria
      • Hypothyroidism
      • Galactosaemia
      • Cystic fibrosis
      • Hearing loss
      • Haemoglobinopathies
    • In adults
      • Prostate cancer
        • After age 50
        • PSA and digital rectal examination
        • Start at age 40 or 45 in case of higher risk
      • Prenatal screening for foetal abnormalities
        • Tests for trisomies and other sex chromosome conditions