Cancer screening tests can be an early warning you have cancer. Screening can often help find and treat pre-cancers and cancers early, before they have a chance to spread. 

Finding and treating cancer early increases the chance that healthcare providers will be able to cure it.

If your healthcare provider recommends you have a screening test, it’s important to remember their recommendation doesn’t mean they think you have cancer. Most people won’t need cancer screening tests until they’re in their 40s.

Which cancers have screening tests?
Some types of cancer have their own screening tests. Other types do not yet have an effective screening method. Developing new cancer screening tests is an area of active research.

Currently there are screenings for these types of cancer:
Breast cancer
Cervical cancer
Colorectal cancer
Head and neck cancers
Lung cancer

Breast Cancer Screening Includes:
Mammography | Clinical breast examination | Breast self-examination | Magnetic resonance images (MRI).

Cervical Cancer Screening Includes:
Human papillomavirus (HPV) test | Pap test.

Colorectal Cancer Screening Includes:
Colonoscopy | Sigmoidoscopy | Fecal occult blood test (FOBT) | Double contrast barium enema | Stool DNA tests

Head, Neck and Oral Cancer Screening Includes:
Screening for head and neck cancers is part of a general checkup. The doctor looks in the nose, mouth, and throat for abnormalities and feels for lumps in the neck.

Regular dental check-ups are also important to screen for head and neck cancers. Dental hygienists and dentists can check for signs of oral cancer on your tongue, cheek, throat, or lips.

Lung Cancer Screening Includes:
To screen for lung cancer, doctors use a low-dose helical or spiral computed tomography (CT or CAT) scan. 

Skin Cancer Screening Includes:
Full body skin exam | Dermoscopy | Skin self-examination

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