What Is Cancer Control?
Cancer control month highlights advances in fighting cancer. This includes prevention, early detection, and treatment of cancer. One way to control cancer is to find cancer cells and get rid of them. Cancer screenings can help find cancer early. The earlier the cancer is found, the better the prognosis. The American Cancer Society?s recommendations for cancer screening are as follows:
Screening Guidelines
Breast?
-Yearly mammograms are recommended starting at age 40.
-Clinical breast exam should be part of a periodical health exam about every 3 yrs for women in their 20s or 30s and every year for women 40 or older.
-Women should know how their breasts normally feel and report any breast change promptly to their health care providers. Breast self-exam is an option for women starting in their 20s.
-Screening MRI is recommended for women with approximately 20%-25% or greater lifetime risk of breast cancer, including women with a strong family history of breast cancer or ovarian cancer and women who were treated for Hodgkin disease.
Colon & Rectum????? ??
Beginning at age 50, men and women should begin screening with 1 of the schedules below:
-A fecal blood test (FOBT) or fecal immunochemical test (FIT) every year
-A flexible sigmoidoscopy (FSIG) every 5 years
-Annual FBT or FIT and flexible sigmoidoscopy every 5 years*
-A double-contrast barium enema every 5 years
-A colonoscopy every 10 years
*Combined testing is preferred over either annual FOBT or FIT, FSIG every 5 years, alone. People who are at moderate or high risk for colorectal cancer should talk with a doctor about a different testing schedule.
Prostate????
-The PSA test and the digital rectal examination should be offered annually, beginning at age 50, to men who have a life expectancy of at least 10 years. Men at high risk (African American men and men with a strong family history of 1 or more first-degree relatives diagnosed with prostate cancer at an early age) should begin testing at age 45. For both men at average risk and high risk, ?information should be provided about what is uncertain about the benefits and limitations of early detection and treatment of prostate cancer so that they can make an informed decision about testing.
Uterus???
-Cervical screening should begin approximately 3 years after a woman begins having vaginal intercourse, but no later than 21 years of age. Screening should be done every year with regular Pap tests or every 2 years using liquid-based tests. At or after 30, women who have had 3 normal test results in a row may get screened every 2 to 3 years. Alternatively, cervical cancer screening with HPV DNA testing and conventional or liquid-based cytology could be formed every 3 years. Women aged 70 or older who have had 3 or more consecutive normal Pap tests in the last 10 years may choose to stop cervical cancer screening.
What are the Key Statistics about Cancer?
- Half of all men and one-third of all women in the US will develop cancer during their lifetimes
- One third of cancers detected will be related to overweight or obesity, physical inactivity, and nutrition
Everyone should follow cancer prevention and screening guidelines. Those at highest risk for specific cancers should pay close attention to symptoms and screening recommendations and should seek prompt medical attention if they occur.
Excerpts taken from www.cinj.org/documents/pdf/AprilCancerControlMonth.pdf and www.cancer.org
~Ruth Johnson of the Health Ministry Team
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