In general, you test for a bunch of junk mostly if...

… you have a family history of certain types of cancer that are known to have genetic components. These are almost always solid tumor cancers. A short list:

Breast cancer.
Colon cancer.
Prostate cancer.
Ovarian cancer.
Uterine cancer.
Melanoma.
Pancreatic cancer.

Of these, breast and colon cancer are most prominent. For example, if a parent had colon cancer, you should have a more accelerated schedule of screening colonoscopies once you are over age 40.

In response to this post by great2bahokie

Posted: 12/17/2021 at 08:30AM

Help me out with this: Cancer screening -- great2bahokie 12/16/2021 12:19PM

Correct. SOME things that might indicate SOME types of cancer ... -- VToncologyNurse 12/17/2021 08:21AM

Good lord... -- great2bahokie 12/17/2021 10:34AM

Well, ask Fr8Dog about flight, ask me about cancer. Goes.... -- VToncologyNurse 12/17/2021 11:34AM

You can ask me about golf architecture too. That's my other.... -- VToncologyNurse 12/17/2021 11:37AM

I saw a news story in the past 2 days about a company with a blood screen -- Late 80s Hokie 12/16/2021 12:51PM

Was this chick involved? -- MP4VT2004 12/16/2021 1:30PM

Yikes!!! ** -- great2bahokie 12/17/2021 07:11AM

Wonder if she'll do any jail time? -- EDGEMAN 12/16/2021 3:51PM

Here... -- great2bahokie 12/16/2021 1:00PM

Had my annual physical yesterday and Dr. let me know about Galleri test... -- hookie 12/16/2021 1:25PM

Yeah...just saw the $949 price tag on the test. -- great2bahokie 12/16/2021 1:32PM

In general, you test for a bunch of junk mostly if... -- VToncologyNurse 12/17/2021 08:30AM

I think pancreatic cancer can only be detected by a CT scan or MRI -- EDGEMAN 12/16/2021 12:45PM

That may be a question for @VToncologyNurse... ** -- Major Kong 12/16/2021 12:26PM

In general, you test for a bunch of junk mostly if...

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