Prevencion y deteccion

Cancer screening tests are designed to find cancer or pre-cancerous areas before there are any symptoms and, generally, when treatments are most successful.

Cancer screening tests are designed to find cancer or pre-cancerous areas before there are any symptoms and, generally, when treatments are most successful.

The term "chemoprevention" refers to efforts to prevent or delay the development of cancer by taking medicines, vitamins or other agents. Chemoprevention is most often used in breast, colon and prostate cancers.

An oncogenic virus (or oncovirus) is a virus that causes cancer. These include HIV, HPV (Human Papilloma Viruses), herpes viruses, hepatitis B and C viruses, Epstein Barr Virus and retroviruses. In the case of HPV and hepatitis, there are vaccines available to prevent infection with these viruses.

You may not think of your routine dental visit as a cancer screening test, but, in part, it is. Dentists and dental hygienists examine your mouth, tongue and surrounding tissue much more closely than you do and are most often the people who find pre-cancerous or cancerous lesions in early stages of growth.

Cancer screening tests look for cancer before a person has any symptoms. Learn more about what makes a good screening test and their limitations.

An American Cancer Society study found that 47% of adult Americans think they have little to no ability to reduce their cancer risk. Let’s address some changes to our daily habits that can reduce our risk of developing cancer.