As a result, screening for cancer should be performed on a regular basis.
But supporters of the bill said Congress decided 10 years ago to screen women for breast and cervical cancer.
New ways to screen for cancer are being studied in clinical trials.
However, it is likely to have a place in screening for colorectal cancer.
Everyone who is 50 or older should be screened for colorectal cancer.
Researchers are assessing different ways to screen for ovarian cancer.
X-rays and blood tests may also be used to screen for colorectal cancer.
Such a test would make it possible to screen for cancer without elaborate tests.
According to Lichtenfeld, men often need to be pushed by women to get screened for cancer.
"These women are being screened for cancer in an organ that they don't have."