|
Cancer
site
|
Method
|
|
Cancers-
screening worthwhile
|
|
Breast
|
Mammography
|
|
Cervix
|
Cervical
cytology
|
|
Colon/rectum
|
Faecal
occult blood
|
|
Cancer-
value of screening unknown (research in progress)
|
|
Prostate
|
Prostate
Specific Antigen
|
|
Stomach
|
H
Pylori testing; Radiographic/endoscopic stomach examination
|
|
Colon/rectum
|
Flexible
sigmoidoscopy
|
|
Ovary
|
CA125
and/or ultrasound
|
|
Breast
|
Mammography
in women <50; BRCA1 and 2 mutation in Jewish women
|
|
Cervix
|
Human
papilloma virus testing
|
|
Lung
|
Spiral
Computised tomography (CT)
|
|
Skin
cancer (Melanoma)
|
Examination
for moles
|
|
Oral
cancer
|
Examination
of the mouth
|
|
Cancers-
screening not worthwhile
|
|
Neuroblastoma
|
Urinary
homovanillic acid (HVA) and vanillylmandelic acid (VMA)
|
|
Lung
cancer
|
Chest
Xray
|
|
Breast
|
Breast
self examination
|
|
Testis
|
Self-examination
(because modern treatment after clinical presentation is so
effective)
|
