title: Cancer screening in the United States, 2016: A review of current American Cancer Society guidelines and current issues in cancer screening.
abstract: Each year the American Cancer Society (ACS) publishes a summary of its guidelines for early cancer detection, data and trends in cancer screening rates, and select issues related to cancer screening. In this issue of the journal, we summarize current ACS cancer screening guidelines, including the update of the breast cancer screening guideline, discuss quality issues in colorectal cancer screening and new developments in lung cancer screening, and provide the latest data on utilization of cancer screening from the National Health Interview Survey.
authors.affiliation: Vice President, Cancer Screening, Cancer Control Department, American Cancer Society Atlanta, GA.
authors.forename: Robert A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.affiliation: Director, Cancer Control Department, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA.
authors.forename: Kimberly
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Andrews
authors.affiliation: Managing Director, Cancer Control Intervention, Cancer Control Department, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA.
authors.forename: Durado
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Brooks
authors.affiliation: Senior Epidemiologist, Surveillance and Health Services Research, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA.
authors.forename: Carol E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: DeSantis
authors.affiliation: Director for Risk Factor Screening and Surveillance, Department of Epidemiology and Research Surveillance, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA.
authors.forename: Stacey A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Fedewa
authors.affiliation: Senior Epidemiologist, Surveillance and Health Services Research, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA.
authors.forename: Joannie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lortet-Tieulent
authors.affiliation: Director, Cancer Control Department, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA.
authors.forename: Deana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Manassaram-Baptiste
authors.affiliation: Chief Medical Officer, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA.
authors.forename: Otis W
authors.initials: OW
authors.lastname: Brawley
authors.affiliation: Chief Cancer Control Officer, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA.
authors.forename: Richard C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Wender
mesh_terms: D000570:American Cancer Society; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D003113:Colonoscopy / Q000379:methods; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D055088:Early Detection of Cancer; D005260:Female; D017408:Guidelines as Topic / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D008327:Mammography / Q000379:methods; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D053918:Papillomavirus Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage; D011159:Population Surveillance; D015995:Prevalence; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis
chemical_list: D053918:Papillomavirus Vaccines
keywords: breast neoplasms; cervical neoplasms; colon and rectum neoplasms; early detection; lung neoplasms; screening