Cancer screening in the United States, 2015: A review of current American Cancer Society guidelines and current issues in cancer screening

Robert A. Smith; Deana Manassaram-Baptiste; Durado Brooks; Mary Doroshenk; Stacey Fedewa; Debbie Saslow; Otis W. Brawley; Richard Wender

doi:10.3322/caac.21261

Cancer screening in the United States, 2015: A review of current American Cancer Society guidelines and current issues in cancer screening

Robert A. Smith, Deana Manassaram-Baptiste, Durado Brooks, Mary Doroshenk, Stacey Fedewa, Debbie Saslow, Otis W. Brawley, Richard Wender

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Answer questions and earn CME/CNE Each year, the American Cancer Society (ACS) publishes a summary of its guidelines for early cancer detection along with a report on data and trends in cancer screening rates and select issues related to cancer screening. In this issue of the journal, we summarize current ACS cancer screening guidelines. The latest data on utilization of cancer screening from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) also is described, as are several issues related to screening coverage under the Affordable Care Act, including the expansion of the Medicaid program. CA Cancer J Clin 2015;65:30-54.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	30-54
Number of pages	25
Journal	CA Cancer Journal for Clinicians
Volume	65
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3322/caac.21261
State	Published - Jan 1 2015
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Papanicolaou test
breast radiography
colonoscopy
mass screening
mortality
neoplasms
practice guidelines
prevention and control
prostate-specific antigen test
stool test

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Hematology
Oncology

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