title: Cancer detection in the periodic physical examination.
abstract: The periodic physical exam is the ideal time for the primary physician to detect cancer at an early stage. With certain points in mind the physician can rapidly screen for suggestive signs of cancer during the physical examination. Certain procedures, laboratory and x-ray examinations, aid in this detection and should be part of the total examination.
mesh_terms: D000008:Abdominal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010808:Physical Examination; D010821:Physicians, Family; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D013899:Thoracic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D013997:Time Factors; D014565:Urogenital Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis