Screening Recommendations/ Vaccinations – Study Set

Screening Recommendations/ Vaccinations – Study Set

Lung Cancer Recommendations Right Ans - The United States Preventive
Services Task Force recommends annual screening for individuals aged 50-80
years with a 20 pack-year smoking history and those who currently smoke or
have quit within the past 15 years.




The diagnostic test of choice is low-dose computed tomography

Colorectal Cancer Recommendations Right Ans - The United States
Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) currently recommends colorectal
cancer screening average-risk patients beginning at 45 years of age, up until
75 years of age

Patients with a first-degree relative diagnosed with colorectal cancer should
begin screening at 40 years old or 10 years younger than the age at which that
relative was diagnosed (whichever comes first)

Screening Tests Available:
- screening colonoscopy every 10 years
- fecal occult blood test every year
- fecal immunochemical test every year
- flexible sigmoidoscopy every 5 years
- CT colonography every 5 years

Breast Cancer Right Ans - U.S. Preventive Services Task Force suggests
beginning bilateral screening mammography for women at normal risk of
breast cancer at age 50 years and repeating the screening every 2 years until
the patient is 74 years old.

, Patients at high risk for breast cancer should receive annual magnetic
resonance imaging of the breasts




Cervical Cancer Right Ans - HPV types 16 and 18 are responsible for the
majority of cervical cancer cases

Types:
1. Squamous cell carcinoma ( most common)
2. Adenocarcinoma

Screening:
- Every 3 years for women aged 21-65yo with PAP smear
OR
- For women over 30yo, combination of cytology and HPV testing every 5
years