Cancer

This collection features AFP content deemed current by the AFP online medical editor on cancer and related issues, including various types (breast, cervical, childhood, colorectal, lung, oral, ovarian, prostate, skin, testicular, and other types of cancer). New research may affect the interpretation and application of this material. Clinical judgment is advised. Note that AFP content published within the past 12 months is accessible to AAFP members and paid subscribers only.

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Last Update: 05/15/2013

General Breast Cancer Cervical Cancer Childhood Cancers Colorectal Cancer Lung Cancer Oral Cancer

Ovarian Cancer Prostate Cancer Skin Cancer Testicular Cancer Other Cancers Patient Education, Self-Care

General

Screening/Prevention

• Could Selenium Supplementation Prevent Cancer? [Cochrane for Clinicians] (06/01/2012)
• Cancer Screening in the Older Patient (12/15/2008)
• Lifestyle Interventions to Reduce Cancer Risk and Improve Outcomes (06/01/2008)
• Physicians Who Do Not Follow Screening Guidelines [Curbside Consultation] (01/01/2006)
• Screening for Cancer: Evaluating the Evidence (02/01/2001)

Treatment/Surveillance

• Managing the Adverse Effects of Radiation Therapy (08/15/2010)
• Exercise for the Management of Cancer-Related Fatigue [Cochrane for Clinicians] (10/01/2009)
• Targeted Therapies: A New Generation of Cancer Treatments (02/01/2008)
• Primary Care of the Patient with Cancer (04/15/2007)
• Treatment of Oncologic Emergencies (12/01/2006)
• Determining Prognosis for Patients with Terminal Cancer [Point-of-Care Guides] (08/15/2005)
• Care of Cancer Survivors (02/15/2005)
• Neurological Complications of Systemic Cancer (02/15/1999)

Breast Cancer

Screening/Prevention

• Does Screening Mammography Lead to Overdiagnosis of Invasive Breast Cancer? [AFP Journal Club] (03/15/2013)
• Breast Cancer Screening Update (02/15/2013)
• Screening Mammography: The Goal Is Changing [Editorials] (02/15/2013)
• American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Updates Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines [Practice Guidelines] (03/15/2012)
• Screening Mammography for Reducing Breast Cancer Mortality [FPIN's Clinical Inquiries] (01/15/2012)
• Effect of Mammography on Breast Cancer Mortality [Cochrane for Clinicians] (12/01/2011)
• Screening for Breast Cancer: Recommendation Statement [U.S. Preventive Services Task Force] (09/15/2010)
• Mammography Screening for Breast Cancer: Recommendation of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force [Editorials] (09/15/2010)
• Guide to Mammography Reports: BI-RADS Terminology [Editorials] (07/15/2010)
• ASCO Updates Guideline on the Use of Pharmacologic Interventions to Reduce Breast Cancer Risk [Practice Guidelines] (03/15/2010)
• Assessing Breast Cancer Risk in Women (12/15/2008)
• Cancer Genetic Risk Assessment for Individuals at Risk of Familial Breast Cancer [Cochrane for Clinicians] (02/15/2008)
• Screening for Breast Cancer: What to Do with the Evidence [Editorials] (06/01/2007)
• ACS Recommendations on MRI and Mammography for Breast Cancer Screening [Practice Guidelines] (06/01/2007)
• Genetic Risk Assessment and BRCA Mutation Testing for Breast and Ovarian Cancer Susceptibility [Putting Prevention into Practice] (11/15/2006)
• Genetic Risk Assessment and BRCA Mutation Testing for Breast and Ovarian Cancer Susceptibility: Recommendation Statement [U.S. Preventive Services Task Force] (03/01/2006)
• Screening Mammography in Women 40 to 49 Years of Age [FPIN's Clinical Inquiries] (11/01/2004)
• Chemoprevention of Breast Cancer [U.S. Preventive Services Task Force] (03/15/2003)
• Biennial vs. Annual Mammography: Which Is Better? (04/15/2010)
• Raloxifene and Tamoxifen Reduce Breast Cancer Risk [POEMs] (10/01/2006)

Treatment

• Treatment of Breast Cancer (06/01/2010)
• Follow-up After Surgically Treated Breast Cancer [Cochrane for Clinicians] (07/01/2005)
• Breast-Conserving Surgery for Breast Cancer (12/15/2002)

Cervical Cancer

• ACS/ASCCP/ASCP Guidelines for the Early Detection of Cervical Cancer [Editorials] (09/15/2012)
• ACS Releases Updated Guidelines on Cancer Screening [Practice Guidelines] (09/15/2012)
• Screening for Cervical Cancer: Recommendation Statement [U.S. Preventive Services Task Force] (09/15/2012)
• Screening for Cervical Cancer [Putting Prevention into Practice] (09/15/2012)
• Cervical Cancer [Clinical Evidence Handbook] (06/15/2012)
• Interventions to Increase Cervical Cancer Screening Rates [Cochrane for Clinicians] (03/01/2012)
• Human Papillomavirus: Clinical Manifestations and Prevention (11/15/2010)
• Update on ASCCP Consensus Guidelines for Abnormal Cervical Screening Tests and Cervical Histology (07/15/2009)
• Quadrivalent HPV Recombinant Vaccine (Gardasil) for the Prevention of Cervical Cancer [STEPS] (08/15/2007)
• ACIP Releases Recommendations on Quadrivalent Human Papillomarvirus Vaccine [Practice Guidelines] (05/01/2007)
• Screening for Cervical Cancer [Putting Prevention into Practice] (08/01/2003)
• Screening for Cervical Cancer [U.S. Preventive Services Task Force] (04/15/2003)
• New Tests for Cervical Cancer Screening (09/01/2001)

Childhood Cancers

• Primary Care of Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer (05/15/2010)
• Survivor: What Does it Mean to be Cured? [Close-ups] (07/15/2008)
• Recognition of Common Childhood Malignancies (04/01/2000)

Colorectal Cancer

Screening/Prevention

• ACP Releases Best Practice Advice on Colorectal Cancer Screening [Practice Guidelines] (12/15/2012)
• Screening for Colorectal Cancer [Putting Prevention into Practice] (04/15/2010)
• Screening for Colorectal Cancer: Recommendation Statement [U.S. Preventive Services Task Force] (04/15/2010)
• ACG Guidelines for Colorectal Cancer Screening [Practice Guidelines] (09/15/2009)
• Routine Aspirin or Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs for the Primary Prevention of Colorectal Cancer [Putting Prevention into Practice] (02/15/2009)
• Routine Aspirin or Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs for the Primary Prevention of Colorectal Cancer: Recommendation Statement [U.S. Preventive Services Task Force] (07/01/2007)
• Colorectal Cancer: A Summary of the Evidence for Screening and Prevention (12/15/2008)
• Fecal Occult Blood Tests Reduce Colorectal Cancer Mortality [Cochrane for Clinicians] (06/01/2007)
• Colorectal Cancer Screening: Don't Just Do It, Do It Right [Editorials] (05/15/2006)
• Colorectal Cancer Screening [FPIN's Clinical Inquiries] (03/01/2005)
• Flexible Sigmoidoscopy: Screening for Colorectal Cancer (01/15/1999)
• Antioxidants Do Not Prevent Colorectal Cancer [POEMs] (11/01/2006)

Treatment/Surveillance

• Colonoscopy Surveillance After Polypectomy and Colorectal Cancer Resection (04/01/2008)
• Predicting Life Expectancy After a Colorectal Cancer Diagnosis (03/01/2007)

Lung Cancer

• ACCP Revises Guideline on the Diagnosis of Lung Cancer [Practice Guidelines] (02/01/2008)
• Lung Cancer: Diagnosis and Management (01/01/2007)
• Lung Cancer Screening: Recommendation Statement [U.S. Preventive Services Task Force] (03/15/2005)

Oral Cancer

• Screening for the Early Detection and Prevention of Oral Cancer [Cochrane for Clinicians] (05/01/2011)
• Common Oral Lesions: Part II. Masses and Neoplasia (02/15/2007)
• Assessing Oral Malignancies (04/01/2002)

Ovarian Cancer

• Screening for Ovarian Cancer [Putting Prevention into Practice] (05/15/2013)
• Screening for Ovarian Cancer: Reaffirmation Recommendation Statement [U.S. Preventive Services Task Force] (05/15/2013)
• Ovarian Cancer: An Overview (09/15/2009)
• Estimating the Risk of Ovarian Cancer [Point-of-Care Guides] (09/15/2009)

Prostate Cancer

Screening/Prevention

• Screening for Prostate Cancer: Recommendation Statement [U.S. Preventive Services Task Force] (02/15/2013)
• Screening for Prostate Cancer [Putting Prevention into Practice] (02/15/2013)
• Screening for Prostate Cancer: Prostate-Specific Antigen Testing Is Not Effective [Cochrane for Clinicians] (04/01/2011)
• ACS Recommendations on Prostate Cancer Screening [Practice Guidelines] (12/01/2010)
• ASCO and AUA Release Guideline on Prostate Cancer Chemoprevention with 5-Alpha Reductase Inhibitors [Practice Guidelines] (01/01/2010)
• Prostate Cancer Screening: The Continuing Controversy (12/15/2008)
• Prostate Cancer Screening: Let Patients Decide [Editorials] (12/15/2008)
• Predicting the Risk of Prostate Cancer on Biopsy [Point-of-Care Guides] (09/15/2005)

Treatment

• Treatment Options for Localized Prostate Cancer (08/15/2011)
• Predicting the Risk of Recurrence After Surgery for Prostate Cancer [Point-of-Care Guides] (12/15/2005)
• Neurologic Complications of Prostate Cancer (05/01/2002)

Skin Cancer

• Behavioral Counseling to Prevent Skin Cancer [Putting Prevention into Practice] (10/15/2012)
• Behavioral Counseling to Prevent Skin Cancer: Recommendation Statement [U.S. Preventive Services Task Force] (10/15/2012)
• Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma: A Primary Care Perspective (01/15/2012)
• Screening for Skin Cancer: Recommendation Statement [U.S. Preventive Services Task Force] (06/15/2010)
• Screening for Skin Cancer [Putting Prevention into Practice] (06/15/2010)
• Clinical Diagnosis of Melanoma [Point-of-Care Guides] (11/15/2008)
• Atypical Moles (09/15/2008)
• Basal Cell Carcinoma [Clinical Evidence Handbook] (07/15/2008)
• Treatment Options for Actinic Keratosis (09/01/2007)
• Mohs Micrographic Surgery (09/01/2005)
• Diagnosis and Treatment of Basal Cell and Squamous Cell Carcinomas (10/15/2004)
• Early Detection and Treatment of Skin Cancer (07/15/2000)
• Recognizing Neoplastic Skin Lesions: A Photo Guide (09/15/1998)

Testicular Cancer

• Screening for Testicular Cancer: Reaffirmation Recommendation Statement [U.S. Preventive Services Task Force] (08/15/2011)
• Screening for Testicular Cancer [Putting Prevention into Practice] (08/15/2011)
• Diagnosis and Treatment of Testicular Cancer (02/15/2008)

Other Cancers

• Screening for Bladder Cancer: Recommendation Statement [U.S. Preventive Services Task Force] (02/15/2012)
• Screening for Bladder Cancer [Putting Prevention into Practice] (02/15/2012)
• Diagnosis and Treatment of Bladder Cancer (10/01/2009)
• Endometrial Cancer (11/15/2009)
• Esophageal Cancer: A Review and Update (06/15/2006)
• Gastric Cancer: Diagnosis and Treatment Options (03/01/2004)
• Role of the Primary Care Physician in Hodgkin Lymphoma (09/01/2008)
• Liver Biopsy and Screening for Cancer in Hepatitis C [Editorials] (11/01/2003)
• Multiple Myeloma: Diagnosis and Treatment (10/01/2008)
• Nasopharyngeal Cancer and the Southeast Asian Patient (05/01/2001)
• Pancreatic Cancer: Diagnosis and Management (02/01/2006)
• Vulvar Cancer (10/01/2002)

Patient Education, Self-Care

• Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma (01/15/2012)
• Prostate Cancer: Who Should Be Treated? (08/15/2011)
• Side Effects of Radiation Therapy (08/15/2010)
• Staying Healthy After Childhood Cancer (05/15/2010)
• Health Care After Cancer Treatment (02/15/2005)
• Protecting Oral Health During Cancer Therapy (04/01/2002)