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.
Chemoprevention is the use of a medication, vitamin or supplement to stop cancer from happening. This is most often used for people who have a high risk of developing cancer.
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. There are vaccines available to prevent infection with HPV and Hepatitis B.
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.
Rates of anal cancer are much higher in certain populations and experts agree that routine anal cancer screening for these groups can reduce anal cancer rates.
Screening for lung cancer with low-dose CT scan in people at high risk can help find cancers early and save lives.