Exam and Health screening overview Flashcards
Leik book ch. 1 and 2
Disease that causes the most deaths overall
heart disease
Cancer with the highest mortality
Lung cancer
cancer with the highest mortality in males
lung cancer
cancer with the highest mortality in females
lung cancer
most common cause of death in adolescents
MVC
Most common cancer in females
breast cancer
most common cancer in males
prostate cancer
most common cancer overall (males/females)
skin cancer
most common type of skin cancer
basal cell cancer
skin cancer with the highest mortality
melanoma
most common gynecological cancer
uterine/endometrial cancer
second most common gynecological cancer
ovarian cancer
USPSTF Screening Guidelines: Breast Cancer
baseline mammogram at age 50
screen every 2 years until age 75 (biennial)
USPSTF Screening Guidelines: Cervical cancer
baseline pap smear/cytology age 21
screen every 3 years until age 65
do not screen women younger than 21 even if sexually active
USPSTF Screening Guidelines: lung cancer
aged 50-80 with 20 pack per year hx of smoking or quit smoking up to 15 years previously
annual screening with LDCT
USPSTF Screening Guidelines: hysterectomy (no cervix)
do not screen (if no hx of pre-cancer or cervical cancer)
USPSTF Screening Guidelines: Prostate CA
routine screening is not recommended
USPSTF Screening Guidelines: testicular cancer
routine screening is not recommended
USPSTF Screening Guidelines: colon cancer
Baseline screening at age 50
use high-sensitivity fecal occult blood test (yearly) or sigmoidoscopy (every 5 years) or colonoscopy (every 10 years) from age 50-75
USPSTF Screening Guidelines: skin cancer
aged 10-24 years
educate fair-skinned persons to avoid sunlight from 10a-3p and use sunblock >SPF 15