Prevention & Screening

This article provides an overview of general cancer screening for individuals with male organs such as a penis, prostate, and testes.

This article provides an overview of cancer screening for individuals with breasts, a cervix and/or a uterus.

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 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 overview of the available screening tests for colorectal cancer and polyps.

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.

A self-examination of the skin will help you to check your skin and to find any new changes.

A digital rectal exam (DRE) is a test used to examine the lower rectum, prostate, pelvis, and lower belly to check for cancer.

Anyone with a cervix, including transmasculine and gender non-conforming individuals, may need cervical cancer screening, an important tool in preventing cervical cancer.