Cancer Screening
Cancer screening methods like the ones we describe here can catch cancer at early stages and help women to make their personal best health choices.
Scientists have been working hard to develop various tests that help find specific types of cancer before signs or symptoms appear. This is called screening. The main goals of cancer screening are to:
Women Get Screened for These Type Cancers:
Scientists have been working hard to develop various tests that help find specific types of cancer before signs or symptoms appear. This is called screening. The main goals of cancer screening are to:
- Reduce the number of people who die from the disease, or eliminate deaths from cancer altogether
- Reduce the number of people who develop the disease
Women Get Screened for These Type Cancers:
- Screening Mammograms for Breast Cancer
- Pap Smear for Cervical Cancer
- Human Papillomavirus (HPV) DNA Test
- Uterine and Endometrial Cancer Detection
- Ovarian Cancer Screening