Cancer Screening

“Getting screening tests regularly may find
breast, cervical, colorectal (colon), and lung cancers early,
when treatment is likely to work best”.1

Umbrella

What may the Cancer Screening Umbrella include?

Depending on the Source (DotS) this Umbrella may include:

  • Bowel Cancer Screening
  • Breast Cancer Screening
  • Breast Screening
  • Cancer Early Detection
  • Cancer Screening
  • Cervical Cancer Screening
  • Cervical Screening
  • Colorectal (Colon) Cancer Screening
  • Screening and Early Detection

Definition

What is cancer screening?

DotS the definition of cancer screening may vary. The (United States) National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) definition is:

  • “Cancer screening is looking for cancer before a person has any symptoms”.2

Early Detection

Why is getting screening tests regularly important?

The (United States) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) explain:

“Getting screening tests regularly may find breast, cervical, colorectal (colon), and lung cancers early, when treatment is likely to work best”.3

Cancer Australia note:

“Finding cancer at an early stage increases the chances of successful treatment and improved survival”.4

Types

What are three types of cancer screening?

These may be:

  • Bowel/Colon/Colorectal Cancer Screening
  • Breast Cancer Screening/Breast Screening
  • Cervical Cancer Screening/Cervical Screening

Ovarian, Prostate and Skin Cancers

Why is there no screening for ovarian, prostate and skin cancers?

In Cancer Screening Tests: Screening for Other Kinds of Cancer the CDC elaborate on:

“Screening for ovarian, pancreatic, prostate, testicular, and thyroid cancers has not been shown to reduce deaths from those cancers. The USPSTF found too little evidence to assess the balance of benefits and harms of screening people without symptoms for bladder cancer, oral cancer, and skin cancer”.5

What is USPSTF?

USPSTF is an abbreviation for the United States Preventative Services Task Force.

Screening Programs

Where may women find information about cancer screening or early detection programs?

Women may find information about cancer screening or early detection programs from their health care provider or their country’s equivalent of a local community health center or a national and/or state Department/Center/Institute of Aging/Cancer/Disease Control and Prevention/Health/Human Services.

Or your country may have a program similar to the (United States) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) program. In National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP): Find A Screening Program Near You – What To Know the CDC elaborate on:

Cancer Screening“CDC’s National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP) provides breast and cervical cancer screenings and diagnostic services to women who have low incomes and are uninsured or underinsured”.6

Health Care Provider

What if I would like to be screened for cancer?

If you would like to be screened for cancer, it may be in your best interest to choose to talk to your health care provider about the screening tests you require.

Health Topics A-Z

Where may I find Health Topics A-Z related to Cancer Screening?

In Health Topics A-Z you may find:

Health Topics A-Z

Links

Where may I find Links related to Cancer Screening?

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Links

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New or Updated

  1. American Cancer Society Guidelines for the Early Detection of Cancer
  2. Cancer Screening
  3. Cancer Screening Overview (PDQ)–Patient Version
  4. Cancer Screening Overview (PDQ)–Patient Version: Does Screening Help People Live Longer?
  5. Cancer Screening Overview (PDQ)–Patient Version: What Is Cancer Screening?
  6. Cancer Screening Overview (PDQ)–Patient Version: Who Needs To Be Screened?
  7. Cancer: Cancer Screening Tests [+ Video: Cancer Doesn’t Wait]
  8. Cancer: Cancer and Women
  9. Cancer: Screening
  10. Cancerscreening.gov.au [Cancer Screening, Australia]
  11. Get Screened
  12. National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP) [United States]
  13. National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP) [United States]: Find A Screening Program Near You
  14. Population Screening Programmes [United Kingdom]
  15. Why We Screen for Some Cancers and Not Others
  16. Worldcancerday.org [World Cancer Day 04 February 2025]
    Cancer Screening

Sources

Where may I find the Sources quoted?

You may find the Sources quoted at:

Sources

  1. Cancer: Cancer Screening Tests – Overview. 16 January 2025. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention https://www.cdc.gov/cancer/prevention/screening.html Accessed: 06 February 2025
  2. Cancer Screening Overview (PDQ)–Patient Version: What Is Cancer Screening? Key Points. Updated: 20 October 2023. National Cancer Institute https://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/screening/overview/patient Accessed: 06 February 2025
  3. Cancer: Cancer Screening Tests – Overview. 16 January 2025. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention https://www.cdc.gov/cancer/prevention/screening.html Accessed: 06 February 2025
  4. Screening. Last Updated: 22 January 2025. Cancer Australia https://www.canceraustralia.gov.au/awareness/screening Accessed: 06 February 2025
  5. Cancer: Cancer Screening Tests – Screening for Other Kinds of Cancer. 16 January 2025. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention https://www.cdc.gov/cancer/prevention/screening.html Accessed: 06 February 2025
  6. National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP): Find A Screening Program Near You – What To Know. 19 December 2024. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention https://www.cdc.gov/breast-cervical-cancer-screening/about/screenings.html Accessed: 06 February 2025
Topic Last Updated: 06 February 2025 – Topic Last Reviewed: 06 February 2025

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