Essential Cancer Prevention and Screening Guidelines You Can’t Miss! National Cancer Prevention Month 2024
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Join us as we combat the staggering statistics of cancer. With over 600,000 lives lost last year, and 40% of cases preventable, the urgency is clear. This April, in honor of National Cancer Prevention Month 2024, we’re assembling various cancer-related screening and prevention guidelines to help the fight against this devastating disease.
Together, let’s turn awareness into action and save lives.
Breast Cancer Screening & Prevention Guidelines:
- BRCA-Related Cancer: Risk Assessment, Genetic Counseling, and Genetic Testing – Women with a personal or family history of breast, ovarian, tubal, or peritoneal cancer or an ancestry associated with BRCA1/2 gene mutation
- Published by U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) on August 20, 2019
- Screening Mammography
- Published by American Society of Breast Surgeons (ASBrS) on May 1, 2019
- Screening for Breast Cancer in Average – Risk Women
- Published by American College of Physicians (ACP) on April 16, 2019
- Breast Cancer Risk Assessment and Screening in Average – Risk Women
- Published by American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) on July 1, 2017
- Breast Cancer: Screening – Women aged 50 to 74 years
- Published by U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) on January 11, 2016
- Breast Cancer: Screening – Women aged 40 to 49 years
- Published by U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) on January 11, 2016
- Breast Cancer Screening for Women at Average Risk
- Published by American Cancer Society (ACS) on October 1, 2015
Colorectal Cancer Screening & Prevention Guidelines:
- Screening for Colorectal Cancer in Asymptomatic Average-Risk Adults
- Published by American College of Physicians (ACP) on August 1, 2023
- Colorectal Cancer Screening Guidelines Toolkit
- Published by Consensus and Physician Experts (CPE) on March 1, 2023
- Age to Start and Stop Colorectal Cancer Screening
- Published by American College of Gastroenterology (ACG), American Gastroenterological Association (AGA), & Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) on November 15, 2021
- Colorectal Cancer: Screening – Adults aged 76 to 85 years
- Published by U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) on May 18, 2021
- Colorectal Cancer: Screening – Adults aged 50 to 75 years
- Published by U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) on May 18, 2021
- Colorectal Cancer: Screening — Adults aged 45 to 49 years
- Published by U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) on May 18, 2021
- Colorectal Cancer Screening 2021
- Published by American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) on March 1, 2021
- Screening for Colorectal Cancer in Asymptomatic Average – Risk Adults
- Published by American College of Physicians (ACP) on November 5, 2019
- Early Detection of Colorectal Cancer
- Published by American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) on February 25, 2019
- Colorectal Cancer Screening for Average‐Risk Adults
- Published by American Cancer Society (ACS) on May 1, 2018
- Cystic Fibrosis Colorectal Cancer Screening
- Published by Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF) on December 28, 2017
- Colorectal Cancer Screening
- Published by American College of Gastroenterology (ACG), American Gastroenterological Association (AGA), & American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) on July 3, 2017
- Molecular Biomarkers for the Evaluation of Colorectal Cancer
- Published by American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP), American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP), & College of American Pathologists (CAP) on February 6, 2017
GenitourinaryCancer Screening & Prevention Guidelines:
- Early Detection of Prostate Cancer
- Published by American Urological Association (AUA) & Society of Urologic Oncology (SUO) on April 25, 2023
- Prostate Cancer: Screening – Men aged 55 to 69 years
- Published by U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) on May 18, 2018
GynecologicCancer Screening & Prevention Guidelines:
- Secondary Prevention of Cervical Cancer
- Published by American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) on September 26, 2022
- Cervical Cancer Screening for Individuals at Average Risk
- Published by American Cancer Society (ACS) on July 30, 2020
- Abnormal Cervical Cancer Screening Test and Cancer Precursors
- Published by American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology (ASCCP) on April 1, 2020
- Cervical Cancer: Screening – Women aged 21 to 65 years
- Published by U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) on August 21, 2018
- Primary Prevention of Cervical Cancer
- Published by American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) on March 17, 2017
LiverCancer Screening & Prevention Guidelines:
- Screening for Development of Hepatocellular Cancer in Patients with Hepatitis B and C
- Published by National Hemophilia Foundation (NHF) on October 27, 2023
- Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma
- Published by American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) on May 22, 2023
LungCancer Screening & Prevention Guidelines:
- Screening for Lung Cancer
- Published by American Cancer Society (ACS) on November 1, 2023
- Screening For Lung Cancer
- Published by American College of Chest Physicians (ACP) on July 13, 2021
- Lung Cancer: Screening – Adults aged 50 to 80 years who have a 20 pack-year smoking history and currently smoke or have quit within the past 15 years
- Published by U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) on March 9, 2021
PancreaticCancer Screening & Prevention Guidelines:
- Evaluating Susceptibility to Pancreatic Cancer
- Published by American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) on November 20, 2018
SkinCancer Screening & Prevention Guidelines:
- Skin Cancer: Screening
- Published by U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) on April 18, 2023
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