Cancer screenings

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  • CEB every 3 years

    CEB every 3 years

    Clinical breast exam (CBE) about every 3 years for women in their 20s and 30s. A clinical breast examination is a physical examination of the breast done by a health professional.
  • Pap test every two years

    Pap test every two years

    no later than 21 women should have a pap test every two years, A Pap test is a test of a sample of cells taken from a woman's cervix. The test is used to look for changes in the cells of the cervix that show cervical cancer or conditions that may develop into cancer
  • yearly mammograms

    yearly mammograms

    Yearly mammograms are recommended starting at age 40 and continuing for as long as a woman is in good health,A mammogram is a picture of your breast taken with a safe, low-dose X-ray machine. It's the most effective exam for early detection of breast cancer.
  • Flexible sigmoidoscopy every 5 years

    Flexible sigmoidoscopy every 5 years

    Men and women over 50 should have aFlexible sigmoidoscopy every five years. During the procedure, a doctor uses a sigmoidoscope, a long, flexible tubular instrument about 1/2 inch in diameter, to view the lining of the rectum and the lower third of the colon.
  • Colonoscopy every 10 years or,

    Colonoscopy every 10 years or,

    for both men and women over 50. The doctor uses a conoloscope to look at the inner lining of the large intestine
  • Yearly Fecal occult blood test (FOBT)

    Yearly Fecal occult blood test (FOBT)

    This test, you put tiny samples of your stool on a special card or cloth and send it to a lab. The lab uses chemicals to find blood that you can't see with the naked eye. This test is for both men and women over 50

  • Double-contrast barium enema every 5 years or,

    An X-ray examination of the large intestine performed to both men and women over the age of 50

  • CT colonography (virtual colonoscopy) every 5 years or,

    CT colonography, also known as virtual colonoscopy, uses low dose radiation CT scanning to obtain an interior view of the colon that is otherwise only seen with a more invasive procedure. this test is for men and women over the age of 50.
  • Yearly fecal immunochemical test (FIT) every year

    Yearly fecal immunochemical test (FIT) every year

    This is a test that may be easier to do at home than FOBT. There are no drug or food restrictions, and collecting a stool sample may take less effort, this test is for both men and women over 50
  • Stool DNA test (sDNA), every 5 years

    Stool DNA test (sDNA), every 5 years

    Instead of looking for blood in the stool, this test looks for abnormal DNA from cancer or polyp cells. Most expensive test out of the three stool test. This test is for both men and women over year 50
  • PSA blood test

    PSA blood test

    Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) is a substance produced by the prostate gland. Elevated PSA levels may indicate prostate cancer or a noncancerous condition such as prostatitis or an enlarged prostate. This test is for men and it checks the leve of PSA in the blood