Early detection tests that are recommended based on age and gender include the following:
Women
Women between 20-39 years of age
- A BSE (breast-self exam) on a monthly basis.
- An annual pap smear starting 3 years after marriage, then repeated every 3 years until age 65.
- An annual skin test.
Women between 40-50 years of age
- A monthly BSE (breast-self exam).
- An annual clinical breast examination by a specialist, starting at age 40. The examination is performed starting at age 30 if there is a family history of breast cancer in a first-degree relative.
- An annual pap smear starting 3 years after marriage, then repeated every 3 years until age 65.
- An annual mammogram.
- An annual skin test.
- A colonoscopy every ten years starting age 45, or an FOBT every year, and a Flexible Sigmoidoscopy every five years.
Women over 50 years of age
- A monthly BSE (breast-self exam).
- A clinical breast exam by a specialist
- A pap smear 3 years after marriage; to be repeated every 3 years until 65 years.
- An annual mammogram.
- An annual skin test.
- Lung cancer test through a low dose CT scan for smokers who smoke more than 20 cigaretts a day for 20 years.
Men
Men between 18-49 years of age
- An annual or biannual skin test.
Men over 45 years of age
- An annual or biannual skin test.
- An annual or biannual testicle examination.
- An annual Digital Rectal Exam.
- A colonoscopy every ten years, or an FOBT, and a Flexible Sigmoidoscopy every five years.
- An annual PSA test.
- Lung cancer test through a low dose CT scan for smokers who smoke more than 20 cigarettes a day for 20 years.