The Nation - News from July 15, 1988

While most American women have their recommended breast exams and Pap tests, other cancer screening techniques are not used enough, a federal survey shows. The national Centers for Disease Control reported that preliminary findings in a 1987 National Health Interview Survey on cancer control point to a big difference in public awareness and use of Pap smears, breast exams and four other tests for cancer: mammography, digital rectal exams, blood-stool exams and proctoscopy. Results from the entire 12-month survey will be released at the end of 1988.