When Should You Get Screened for Cancer? Here’s the Latest Guidance.

Keeping up with cancer screenings can give you a better shot at catching the disease early, but guidance on when and what to get screened for can be hard to track. Medical groups have lowered the ages for breast and colorectal cancer screenings in recent years, as more people under 50 are getting diagnosed with these and some other cancers. How often you should get screenings and when you should start can depend on your family history and individual risk, doctors said.