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12. Screening of malignant diseases: Difference between revisions

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(Created page with "* 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 eve...")
 
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** Vaccinated women should also be screened
** Vaccinated women should also be screened
** High risk screened more often
** 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


[[Category:Public health 5 - Detailed epidemiology]]
[[Category:Public health 5 - Detailed epidemiology]]