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CDC Mortality Stats -
Disease causing the most deaths overall |
Heart disease |
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CDC Mortality Stats -
Cancer with the highest mortality |
Lung cancer |
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CDC Mortality Stats -
Cancer with the highest mortality in males & Cancer with the highest mortality in females |
Males: lung cancer
Females: lung cancer |
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CDC Mortality Stats -
Most common cause of death for adolescents & Second most common cause of mortality for adolescents |
Most common cause - Motor vehicle accidents
Second highest cause of mortality, from age 15 to 24 years, in the US is homicide |
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Prevalence -
Most common cancer in females |
Breast cancer |
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Prevalence -
Most common cancer in males |
Prostate cancer |
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Prevalence -
Most common type of cancer overall (males/females) |
Skin cancer |
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Prevalence -
Most common type of skin cancer (males/females) |
Basal cell cancer |
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Prevalence -
Skin cancer w/ the highest mortality |
melanoma |
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Prevalence -
Gynecological cancer (located in vulva, vaginam cervix, uterus, ovary)
Most common GYN cancer & Second most common GYN cancer |
Most common GYN cancer: Uterine/Endometrial cancer
Second most common GYN cancer: Ovarian cancer |
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USPSTF Screening Guidelines -
Breast Cancer (2009) |
Baseline at age 50 years
Screen every 2 years until 74 years. Stop at age 75 years or older
After age 74 years (no recommendation) |
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USPSTF Screening Guidelines -
Cervical Cancer (2012) |
Baseline at age 21 years
Age 21-65 yrs every 3 years
Pap smear/cytology. Age 21 or less (do not screen)
*Hysterectomy (no cervix) - do not screen (if no h/o pre-cancer or cervical cancer) |
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USPSTF Screening Guidelines -
Prostate Cancer (2012) |
Routine screening is not recommended |
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USPSTF Screening Guidelines -
Testicular Cancer (2011) |
Routine screening is not recommended |
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USPSTF Screening Guidelines -
Colon Cancer (2008) |
Age 50-75 yrs. Baseline age 50 years.
Use high-sensitivity fecal occult blood test (yearly) OR
Sigmoidoscopy (every 5 years) OR
Colonoscopy (every 10 years) |
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USPSTF Screening Guidelines -
Skin cancer couseling (2012) |
Age 10 to 24 years.
Educate fair skinned persons to avoid sunlight (10am - 3pm), use sunblock SPF 15 or higher |
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USPSTF Screening Guidelines -
Smoking Cessation (2009) |
Ask all adolescents and adults about tobacco use |
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USPSTF Screening Guidelines -
Fall prevention is community-dwelling older adults (2012) |
Age 65 years or older, moderate-intensity aerobic activity for 150 mins or 2.5 hours/week (i.e., brisk walking) |
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USPSTF Screening Guidelines -
Ovarian Cancer (2012) |
Routine screening not recommended
High-risk (Ashkenazi Jew, BRCA gene, FMHx of two or more 1st- or 2nd-degree relative)
Risk factors include: early menarche or late menopause, nulliparity, endometriosis, PCOS, and FMHx of ovarian cancer.
Women w/ BRCA 1 and 2 mutations are also at highest risk for both breast and ovarian cancer
*If there is a case of an older woman who c/o vague abdominal/pelvic sxs (stomach bloating, low back ache, constipation) and is found to have a palpable ovary during the bimanual exam, rule out ovarian cancer
-Always rule out ovarian cancer in a postmenopausal female who has a palpable ovary
*The initial work-up for ovarian cancer is the intravaginal ultrasound and the CA 125 |
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USPSTF Screening Guidelines -
AAA |
One-time screening (only men age 65-75 years) who are cigarette smokers
Screening test is ultrasound of the abdomen |
