Cancer prevention in females with and without obesity: Does perceived and internalised weight bias determine cancer prevention behaviour?

Table 1 Recommended guidelines for CPS according to the German Cancer Research Centre (all fully financed by statutory and private health insurance)

Cancer prevention (CP) services	Recommendations
Cervical CP¹
Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination conducted by gynaecologists	Girls aged 9–17 up to three single vaccinations
Papanicolaou (Pap) smear test conducted by gynaecologists	Annual Pap smear test for women aged 20 and above Since 2020 (after data collection) Pap smear and HPV test every three years for women aged 35 and above
Breast CP
Examination of the breast conducted by gynaecologists	Annual clinical breast examination for women aged 30 and above
Mammography screening conducted in qualified medical facilities	Mammogram (X-ray examination) every two years for women aged 50–69
Colorectal CP
Faecal occult blood test (FOBT)	Annual FOBT for women aged 50–54 FOBT every other year for women aged 55 and above
Colonoscopy conducted by proctologists	Colonoscopy every ten years for women aged 55

¹The recommendations for cervical CPS that are listed above were up-to-date at the time of data assessment but were partly updated in 2020 (updates are displayed in italics). Source: German Cancer Research Centre [32]

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