Colorectal cancer
Screening for adults 45 to 75. Several test types qualify, from a yearly stool test to a colonoscopy every 10 years.
USPSTF, 2021 Know what to check, when
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Screenings across a lifetime
Average-risk adults. Age ranges from the USPSTF. The line marks age 47.
Everyone in rangeIf a risk factor applies
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- Blood pressure : ages 18 and older
- Cervical cancer (women) : ages 21 to 65
- Prediabetes and type 2 diabetes, if a risk factor applies : ages 35 to 70, if you have overweight or obesity
- Breast cancer (women) : ages 40 to 74
- Colorectal cancer : ages 45 to 75
- Lung cancer, if a risk factor applies : ages 50 to 80, if you have a 20 pack-year history and smoke now or quit within 15 years
- Osteoporosis (women) : ages 65 and older
- Abdominal aortic aneurysm (men), if a risk factor applies : ages 65 to 75, if you have ever smoked
- Hepatitis C : ages 18 to 79
- HIV : ages 18 to 65
- Depression : ages 18 and older
- Anxiety : ages 18 to 64
- Unhealthy alcohol use : ages 18 and older
- Unhealthy drug use : ages 18 and older
- BRCA risk assessment (women), if a risk factor applies : ages 18 and older, if you or your family have had breast, ovarian, tubal or peritoneal cancer
- Chlamydia and gonorrhea (women), if a risk factor applies : ages 18 to 24, if you are sexually active
- Syphilis, if a risk factor applies : ages 18 and older, if you are at increased risk (for example HIV or another STI, men who have sex with men, drug use, or past incarceration)
- Hepatitis B, if a risk factor applies : ages 18 and older, if you are at increased risk (for example born where hepatitis B is common, HIV, injection drug use, or a household or sex partner with hepatitis B)
- Latent tuberculosis, if a risk factor applies : ages 18 and older, if you are at increased risk (born in or lived in a country where TB is common, or lived in a shelter or correctional facility)
Bars show the age range each recommendation covers, not how often to test. The line marks an example age of 47. Tap a bar for the interval, test options and source.
What a plan looks like
Three items from the plan for a 47 year old woman with no risk factors ticked.
Breast cancer
A screening mammogram every 2 years for women 40 to 74.
USPSTF, 2024Cervical cancer
Ages 21 to 65. From 30 on, the interval depends on the test: HPV-based testing every 5 years, or a Pap test every 3.
USPSTF, 2018See the full example plan · Screenings at 18, 21, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80, 85
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See what applies
Each screening shows its USPSTF grade, age range and interval, with a link to the source.
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Print a one-page plan or add reminders to your calendar, then decide together.
Know your numbers
A wallet card for the numbers that matter.
Write down your blood pressure, cholesterol, A1c and waist after each checkup. Each number links to the range doctors use, from the American Heart Association, the American Diabetes Association, the CDC and the NIH.
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- Blood pressure
- LDL cholesterol
- A1c
- Waist
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