Men Preventive Screening Recommendations

The right preventive care at every stage of life helps you stay healthy, avoid or delay the onset of disease, and keeps conditions you already have from becoming worse. These are general guidelines only. Your primary care provider will personalize the timing of the screenings and vaccinations you need based on many factors - talk to your primary care provider today about your preventive screenings!

20s

• Maintain healthy weight and discuss any concerns
• Blood pressure every 3 years
• Discuss cholesterol and diabetes
• STDs including HIV
• Discuss vaccinations such as HPV, tetanus, whooping cough and flu

30s

• Maintain healthy weight and discuss any concerns
• Blood pressure every 3 years
• Discuss cholesterol and diabetes
• STDs including HIV
• Discuss vaccinations such as tetanus, whooping cough and flu

40s

• Maintain healthy weight and discuss any concerns
• Blood pressure annually
• Discuss cholesterol and diabetes
• STDs including HIV
• Cancer screenings:
  • Colon cancer
• Discuss vaccinations such as HPV, tetanus, whooping cough and flu

50s

• Maintain healthy weight and discuss any concerns
• Blood pressure annually
• Discuss cholesterol and diabetes
• STDs including HIV
• Discuss vaccinations such as pneumonia, shingles, tetanus, whooping cough and flu
• Cancer screenings:
  • Colon cancer
  • Prostate cancer screening (if patient requests or is high risk)
  • Lung cancer screening annually starting at age 55 (if high risk)

60s and 70s

• Maintain healthy weight and discuss any concerns
• Blood pressure annually
• Discuss cholesterol and diabetes
• Abdominal aortic aneurysm screening once between ages 65-75 (if history of tobacco use)
• STDs including HIV
• Hepatitis C screening if born between 1945–1965
• Discuss vaccinations such as pneumonia, shingles, tetanus, whooping cough, flu and RSV
• Cancer screenings:
  • Colon cancer until age 75 (minimum)
  • Prostate cancer screening (if patient requests or is high risk)
  • Lung cancer screening annually until age 80 (if high risk)

80s

• Continue to meet at least annually with your primary care provider to discuss screening and treatment options that are right for you.