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Sometimes, especially during or soon after treatment, you may not feel like eating. You may be uncomfortable or tired. You may find that foods do not taste as good as they used to. In addition, the side effects of treatment (such as poor appetite, nausea, vomiting, or mouth sores) can make it hard to eat well. Your doctor, a registered dietitian, or another health care provider can suggest ways to deal with these problems. Also, the NCI booklet Eating Hints for Cancer Patients has many useful ideas and recipes. Page 46 tells how to get NCI booklets. Many people find they feel better when they stay active. Walking, yoga, swimming, and other. | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention MA IWR Weekly I Vol. 61 I No. 3 Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report January 27 2012 Cancer Screening United States 2010 Each year approximately 350 000 persons are diagnosed with breast cervical or colorectal cancer in the United States and nearly 100 000 die from these diseases 1 . The . Preventive Services Task Force USPSTF recommends screening tests for each of these cancers to reduce morbidity and mortality 2 . Healthy People 2020 sets national objectives for use of the recommended cancer screening tests and identifies the National Health Interview Survey NHIS as the means to measure progress. Data from the 2010 NHIS were analyzed to assess use of the recommended tests by age race ethnicity education length of . residence and source and financing of health care to identify groups not receiving the full benefits of screening and to target specific interventions to increase screening rates. Overall the breast cancer screening rate was below the Healthy People 2020 target of cervical cancer screening was below the target of and colorectal cancer screening was below the target of . Screening rates for all three cancer screening tests were significantly lower among Asians than among whites and blacks. Hispanics were less likely to be screened for cervical and colorectal cancer. Higher screening rates were positively associated with education availability and use of health care and length of . residence. Continued monitoring of screening rates helps to assess progress toward meeting Healthy People 2020 targets and to develop strategies to reach those targets. NHIS is a periodic nationwide household survey of a representative sample of the . civilian noninstitutionalized population it includes cancer screening questions on the adult questionnaire. Respondents are asked whether they have been screened with specific tests for cancer and if they have when the tests were performed last.