Cancer Prevention and Early Detection

Each of the following organ sites are locals for the development of common primary cancers:

A. Breast.
B. Cervix.
C. Colon.
D. Lung.
E. Prostate.
F. Skin.
G. Testes.
H. Uterus.

For each site, identify risk factors for cancer development, counseling to lower risk, minimal screening recommendations and clinical signs and symptoms of early disease.

Sources:

Family Medicine:  Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Chapter 102, pages 733-735

Reading Resources:

"Cancer Screening Guidelines" Roger Zoorob, M.D., M.P.H., Russell Anderson, M.D., et al., Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, American Family Physician, March 15, 2001.

"Recent Developments in Colorectal Cancer Screening and Prevention" Michael Pignone, M.D., M.P.H., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, Bernard Levin, M.D., University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston TX, American Family Physician, July 15, 2002.

“Screening for Breast Cancer:  Current Recommendations and Future Directions” Doug Knutson, M.D., Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio and Elizabeth Steiner, M.D., Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, American Family Physician, June 1, 2007