Guidelines for the periodic health examination

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Comprehensive guidelines regarding the type and ideal frequency of tests to be included in the periodic health examination are few, so Drs Bunting and Bergfeld have incorporated a variety of recommendations from such different groups as the American Cancer Society, the Canadian Task Force on the Periodic Health Examination, and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. The authors stress the need to modify screening recommendations to produce a unique periodic health examination for each patient.