HEAL:BCCPassport To Health - Part 2: Test and Exams that Check for Cancer

What This Book Is About
Part 1: Keeping Yourself Healthy
Part 2: Tests And Exams That Check For Cancer
Part 3: Caring For Yourself Between Check-Ups
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FOR WOMEN AND MEN:
  Skin Cancer Screening

  • What it checks for: Skin changes that might be signs of skin cancer.
  • What is done: Your health care provider carefully checks your skin for growths or changes in moles or warts.
  • Who should be tested: Men and women, ages 20 and over.
  • How often: Men and women ages 20 - 39, every 3 years. Men and women ages 40 and over, every year.

FOR YOUR HEALTH
 

Date

When was your last skin exam?
 

__________
 

When should you have your next skin exam?

__________


PASSPORT TO HEALTH: A Guide to Staying Well


Health Education and Adult Literacy
HEAL: Breast & Cervical Cancer

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September 2000