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Cancer screening examinations are medical tests performed when you're healthy and you don't have any symptoms. They help ensure that any existing cancers are identified at their earliest, most treatable stages.

M. D. Anderson has released updated guidelines for colorectal, cervical and breast cancers. The new recommendations are based on how likely you are to develop a certain kind of cancer. Therese Bevers, M.D., professor in the Department of Clinical Cancer Prevention, explains the basis for these important updates.



Visit our website to review the new cancer screening guidelines.

Do you get tests to check for cancer, such as a mammogram or colonoscopy? Did you know that you can make an appointment at the Cancer Prevention Center at M. D. Anderson for these and other preventative cancer screenings. 

What do you think about the new screening guidelines?


Michael R. Migden, M.D., assistant professor in the Department of Dermatology, talks about the importance of getting regular skin cancer screening exams and checking out that "weird spot" on your body.




Visit Focused on Health for more information on skin cancer prevention.

How often do you do a skin check?

They may be retired National Football League players and coaches but clearly, they still enjoy the camaraderie of a team atmosphere. Even at M. D. Anderson's Genitourinary Center.

Recently, M. D. Anderson and the American Urological Association (AUA) teamed up to screen 37 NFL retirees from the Houston area as part of a 10-city series that the NFL Player Care Foundation initiated to address the medical needs of retired players. The M. D. Anderson screening, led by urologists John Davis, M.D., and Joseph Corriere, M.D., was the seventh site in the year-long tour that has held screening events in Kansas City, Atlanta, Dallas, Tampa Bay, Washington, D.C., and Canton, Ohio, the home of the NFL Hall of Fame.  

This is the first year that M. D. Anderson and the AUA have teamed up to provide the screening for the alumni.

"We screened 37 men between the ages of 31 and 77 at this event and, as former NFL players and coaches, they have tremendous potential to carry the message of the importance of screenings," David says.  

Six other urologists volunteered to work with Davis and Corriere, and they were supported by many others on the M. D. Anderson GU team.

M. D. Anderson recommends that men, beginning at age 50, have an annual digital rectal exam (DRE) and a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) blood test. For men with a family history of prostate cancer or African-American men, screening should begin at age 45 because of the increased risk.

For more information on vital screenings for prostate cancer and other cancers, please visit the cancer prevention center online


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