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- Identify trends in cancer screening for the most common cancers.
- Discuss disparities in adherence to cancer screening guidelines, including the impact of race/ethnicity, gender, age, socioeconomic status, and other factors.
- Evaluate controversies in cancer screening recommendations and the creation of guidelines.
- Describe breast cancer screening recommendations and possible factors affecting nonadherence.
- Outline guideline recommendations for cervical cancer screening.
- Identify colorectal cancer screening guidelines.
- Assess recommendations for lung cancer screening and possible adherence issues.
- Summarize available prostate cancer screening recommendations.
- Describe oral cancer screening recommendations.
- Evaluate guideline recommendations for ovarian cancer screening and factors affecting adherence.
Which of the following represents the standard criterion for the effectiveness of cancer screening?
A meta-analysis showed that which of the following was the barrier to screening most often cited by patients?
Of the following, overdiagnosis has been most often associated with
Which of the following recommendations adheres to most screening guidelines for a 30-year-old asymptomatic woman at average risk for breast cancer?
Which of the following breast cancer screening recommendations is guideline consistent for an asymptomatic woman 54 years of age with average risk?
The breast cancer screening method recommended in all guidelines is
A woman is 38 years of age and has a five-year risk of breast cancer of 1.8% according to the modified Gail model. Which of the following screening recommendations is guideline consistent?
According to the Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium (BCSC), the highest rate of false-negative mammography results is found among women
Thirty-year data on breast cancer screening in the United States indicate that breast cancer was overdiagnosed in
Which of the following cervical cancer screening recommendations is guideline consistent for an asymptomatic woman who is 25 years of age?
The preferred cervical cancer screening recommendation for an asymptomatic woman who is 45 years of age is
According to established guidelines, cervical cancer screening should begin at
Which of the following cervical cancer screening recommendations is guideline consistent for an asymptomatic woman, 67 years of age, who has had negative results on three consecutive Pap tests within the past 10 years?
A woman 31 years of age has a negative result on cytology testing and a positive result on HPV testing. Which of the following is the most appropriate next step?
Which of the following cervical cancer screening recommendations is guideline consistent for a woman who is 35 years of age and receives chronic treatment with corticosteroids?
All guidelines recommend beginning colorectal cancer screening at what age for people at average risk for the disease?
Which of the following recommendations for colorectal cancer screening in average-risk individuals is consistent with guidelines?
An asymptomatic woman who is 36 years of age tells her primary care provider that early adenomas were found on colonoscopy in her father and older brother. Which of the following screening recommendations is guideline consistent for this patient?
An asymptomatic woman who is 48 years of age tells her primary care provider that colorectal cancer was diagnosed in her sister at 58 years of age. No cancers have been diagnosed in any other family members. Which of the following colorectal cancer screening recommendations is guideline consistent?
An asymptomatic man at average risk for colorectal cancer is found to have low-risk adenomatous polyps on sigmoidoscopy. Which of the following is the most appropriate next step?
Which of the following colorectal screening tests has been associated with a reduction in colorectal cancer-specific mortality of more than 60%?
Guidelines for lung cancer screening recommend against screening for people
Which of the following statements about lung cancer screening is TRUE?
Which of the following was the most common harm associated with lung cancer screening in the National Lung Screening Trial?
Before lung cancer screening guidelines were published, which of the following screening tests did physicians order most often?
Routine prostate cancer screening is recommended by the
A man who is 45 years of age and at high risk for prostate cancer opts to have screening, and the initial prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level is 0.7 ng/mL. Which of the following recommendations is guideline consistent?
The primary benefit of prostate cancer screening is
Which of the following statements about oral cancer screening is TRUE?
Which of the following ovarian cancer screening recommendations is guideline consistent for an asymptomatic woman 45 years of age at average risk for ovarian cancer?
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