Abstract
Answer questions and earn CME/CNE Each year the American Cancer Society (ACS) publishes a summary of its guidelines for early cancer detection, 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, including the update of the breast cancer screening guideline, discuss quality issues in colorectal cancer screening and new developments in lung cancer screening, and provide the latest data on utilization of cancer screening from the National Health Interview Survey.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 95-114 |
Number of pages | 20 |
Journal | CA Cancer Journal for Clinicians |
Volume | 66 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 1 2016 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- breast neoplasms
- cervical neoplasms
- colon and rectum neoplasms
- early detection
- lung neoplasms
- screening
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Hematology
- Oncology