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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Apr 28.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Intern Med. 2010 Oct 5;153(7):442–451. doi: 10.1059/0003-4819-153-7-201010050-00007

Recommended screening (USPSTF) (32) and surveillance (COG) (23) for survivors at average or high risk of developing a second malignant neoplasm

Screening in survivors at AVERAGE risk of a second malignant neoplasm
Breast Cervix Colorectal Skin
USPSTF recommended
screening for the general
(average risk) population
Mammogram every 1
to 2 years for women
aged 40 years or older
Papanicolaou smear
every 3 years
commencing at age
21 years*
** Not applicable
Surveillance in survivors at HIGH risk of a second malignant neoplasm
Breast Cervix Colorectal Skin
Definition (COG) of high risk
group
Female, ≥20 Gy
radiation therapy to
the chest
Not applicable ≥30 Gy radiation
therapy to the
abdomen, pelvis or
spine
Any radiation therapy
COG recommended
surveillance for survivors at
high risk
Annual mammogram
beginning 8 years
after radiation or age
25 years, whichever
occurs last***
Not applicable Colonoscopy every 5
years beginning at
age 35 years
Annual dermatologic
exam of irradiated
areas
*

Guideline recommends Papanicolaou smear screening to start at time of first sexual intercourse or age 21 years, whichever is earlier (http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/3rduspstf/cervcan/cervcanrr.htm). Since time of first intercourse was not captured by the study questionnaire, we used age 21 years as the expected time of the commencement of screening.

**

Since few survivors in the cohort have reached the age at which colorectal cancer screening in the general population is recommended, this outcome is not presented in this analysis

***

Breast MRI was identified as an adjunct to mammography in a revised version of the COG surveillance guidelines published in 2008 after the completion of the study surveys.

MRI is not assessed in this analysis.