Cancer Screening

Purpose, Audience, Authors, and Acknowledgements

All adults should be screened for common cancers over a substantial period of their lives. This self-study activity provides information on priority populations, initial screening, frequency of screening, and termination of screening for breast cancer, cervical cancer, colon cancer, and prostate cancer.

This self-study activity is appropriate for primary care clinicians and other health care providers providing preventive health care for adults.

Team Leader
	Connie J. Standiford, MD General Internal Medicine
Team Members
	Steven J. Bernstein, MD General Internal Medicine Mack T. Ruffin, MD Family Medicine R. Van Harrison, PhD Medical Education
Consultants
	Daniel F. Hayes, MD General Internal Medicine James E. Montie, MD Urology Philip S. Schoenfeld, MD Gastroenterology Mark A. Helvie, MD Breast Radiology R. Kevin Reynolds, MD Obstetrics & Gynecology
Author Disclosures
	Neither the team lead, the team members, nor the consultants have financial relationships with commercial companies whose products are discussed in this CME activity.

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