How To Teach PREVENTIVE CANCER CARE
HOW TO MAKE MORE PREVENTIVE CANCER CARE But it is not a curable disease. Cancer, if caught early, can be successfully treated at a fraction of the cost of invasive treatment methods. One way to catch cancer at an early stage is to have regular screening tests. Most screenings can detect cancer before patients develop symptoms. Regular screening tests can help find breast, colon, cervical and lung cancer early. People over the age of 20 should have periodic health screenings for cancers of the oral cavity, skin, thyroid, ovaries and lymph nodes. Breast cancer Breast cancer usually shows symptoms such as a lump in the breast, a change in the size of the breast, an indentation in the skin, or swollen lymph nodes. A mammogram can detect a lump in the breast before it is felt. Also, mammograms can detect ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), which can be an invasive cancer in some women. Women over 40 are recommended to have a mammogram every 1 or 2 years. For women under 40 who are at risk for ...