Cancer screening resident survival guide

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Tayyaba Ali, M.D.[2]

Overview

This section provides a short and straight to the point overview of the disease or symptom. The first sentence of the overview must contain the name of the disease.

Common Cancers

Breast Cancer

• Breast cancer screening starts at the age of 50 via a mammogram twice a year and discontinues at the age of 74.
• According to the GLOBOCAN 2018 estimates of cancer incidence, mortality, and prevalence, breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer and the leading cause of cancer death among females (11.6% of total cancer deaths).
• To view the detailed information on breast cancer screening click here.

Cervical Cancer

• Cervical cancer screening starts at the age of 21 regardless of the onset of sexual activity via Papanicolaou test (Cervical cytology).
• According to the GLOBOCAN 2018 estimates of cancer incidence, mortality, and prevalence, cervical cancer ranks fourth for both incidence and mortality among females.

Recommendations for Cervical cancer screening:
Population	Screening recommendations
Immunocompromised	onset of sexual intercourse
Age less than 21	screening not recommended
Age 21-29	Pap test (cytology) every 3 years
Age 30-65	Cytology every 3 years or Cytology and HPV testing (co-testing) every 5 years
Age 65 or greater than 65	Discontinue cervical cancer screening Age 65 with no risk for cervical cancer (e.g., immunosuppression, high risk sexual activity, tobacco use, diethylstilbestrol exposure) or hysterectomy and No history of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 2 or higher and 3 consecutive negative pap tests or 2 consecutive negative co-testing results

To view the detailed information on cervical cancer screening click here.

Colorectal Cancer

• Colorectal cancer screening starts among asymptomatic adults at the age of 50 with no family history of adenoma or colorectal cancer. It is preferably done via colonoscopy
• According to the GLOBOCAN 2018 estimates of cancer incidence, mortality, and prevalence, Colon cancer is the fourth commonly occurring cancer (6.1% for incidence). It is the third cause of death in cancer patients (9.2% of total cancer deaths).
• To view the detailed information on colorectal cancer screening click here.

Lung Cancer

• Lung cancer screening starts among asymptomatic adults aged 55 to 80 years who have a 30 pack-year smoking history and currently smoke or have quit smoking within the past 15 years.
• According to the GLOBOCAN 2018 estimates of cancer incidence, mortality, and prevalence, Lung cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer (11.6% of the total cases) and the leading cause of cancer death in both males and females (18.4% of the total cancer deaths).

Recommendations for lung cancer screening:
Recommended test	Low-dose chest CT
Recommended Interval	Annual screening (every year)
Age for screening	55-80
Eligibility for screening based on smoking history	Patient has 30 or greater than 30-pack-year smoking history and patient is a current smoker or quite smoking within the last 15 years.
Discontinuation of screening	Age greater than 80 or Patient successfully quit smoking for 15 years and beyond or Patient has other medical problems that significantly limit life expectancy or ability/willingness to undergo lung cancer surgery.

• To view the detailed information on Lung cancer screening click here.

Ovarian cancer

• There are no recommendations for screening ovarian cancer in asymptomatic women although the better outcome is associated with early diagnosis.
• To view the detailed information on ovarian cancer screening click here.

Prostate Cancer

• According to the GLOBOCAN 2018 estimates of cancer incidence, mortality, and prevalence, Prostate cancer is the second cause of cancer death in males (7.1% of the total cancer deaths).