title: Six screening tests for adults: What's recommended? What's controversial?
abstract: This paper discusses guidelines from the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) and other recommending bodies for screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm and cancers of the colon, cervix, lung, breast, and prostate.
authors.affiliation: Associate Professor, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH; Department of Internal Medicine, Cleveland Clinic nielsec@ccf.org.
authors.forename: Craig
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nielsen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003113:Colonoscopy / Q000592:standards; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D055088:Early Detection of Cancer / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000592:standards; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008327:Mammography / Q000592:standards; D008875:Middle Aged; D030361:Papillomavirus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014481:United States; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D055815:Young Adult