U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Screening Guidelines
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USPSTF stands for
U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
Breast cancer screening mammogram begins at age
40 years
Recommended mammogram frequency for average-risk women
Every 2 years
Cervical cancer screening age begins
21 years
Cervical cancer screening age 21–29
Pap smear every 3 years
Cervical cancer screening age 30–65
Pap smear every 3 years OR HPV testing every 5 years OR co-testing every 5 years
Cervical cancer screening stops at age
65 years if adequate prior screening
Colon cancer screening begins at age
45 years
Preferred colon cancer screening test
Colonoscopy
Colonoscopy frequency for average risk adults
Every 10 years
Lung cancer screening test
Low-dose CT scan
Lung cancer screening age range
50–80 years
Smoking history requirement for lung cancer screening
20 pack-year history
Lung cancer screening candidates
Current smokers or quit within 15 years
Osteoporosis screening begins at age
65 years in women
Osteoporosis screening test
DEXA scan
Abdominal aortic aneurysm screening test
Abdominal ultrasound
AAA screening recommended population
Men age 65–75 who have ever smoked
Hypertension screening begins at age
18 years
Hypertension diagnosis confirmed with
Repeated blood pressure measurements
Diabetes screening age begins
35 years for overweight or obese adults
Diabetes screening test
Hemoglobin A1C or fasting glucose
Obesity screening recommendation
Screen all adults and offer intensive behavioral interventions
HIV screening age range
15–65 years
Hepatitis C screening recommendation
One-time screening for adults age 18–79
Chlamydia screening population
Sexually active women age 24 and younger
Gonorrhea screening population
Sexually active women age 24 and younger
Syphilis screening recommendation
Screen high-risk individuals and all pregnant women
Tuberculosis screening recommendation
Screen high-risk populations
Prostate cancer screening age discussion
55–69 years
Prostate cancer screening test
PSA blood test
Vision screening recommendation in older adults
Insufficient evidence for routine screening
Hearing screening recommendation in older adults
Insufficient evidence for routine screening
Screening test for osteoporosis
DEXA scan
Most effective cervical cancer prevention method
HPV vaccination
HPV vaccine recommended age
11–12 years
Catch-up HPV vaccination age
Until age 26 years
BRCA-related cancer risks
Breast and ovarian cancer
Risk factors for endometrial cancer
Obesity, diabetes, hypertension, nulliparity, early menarche, late menopause
Risk factors for ovarian cancer
Nulliparity, infertility, clomiphene use, early menarche, late menopause
Most common symptom of endometrial cancer
Postmenopausal bleeding
Most common gynecologic cancer
Endometrial cancer
Most lethal gynecologic cancer
Ovarian cancer
“Silent killer” gynecologic cancer
Ovarian cancer
Primary prevention example
Vaccination
Secondary prevention example
Screening tests
Tertiary prevention example
Rehabilitation and disease management
Pack-year definition
Number of packs smoked per day multiplied by years smoked
Most common cause of cervical cancer
HPV infection
Screening that reduces cervical cancer deaths
Pap smear
Recommended blood pressure screening population
All adults age 18 and older
Recommended depression screening population
All adults
Recommended obesity screening population
All adults
Recommended HIV screening population
All adolescents and adults age 15–65
Recommended hepatitis C screening population
Adults age 18–79
Colon cancer screening age for average risk adults
45 years
Mammogram screening age for average risk women
40 years
DEXA screening age for women
65 years
Lung cancer screening imaging
Low-dose CT
AAA screening imaging
Ultrasound
Cervical cancer screening in women under 21
Not recommended
Most common screening test for colon cancer
Colonoscopy
Frequency of Pap smear age 21–29
Every 3 years
Frequency of colonoscopy
Every 10 years
Frequency of mammogram
Every 2 years