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Gold Standard External Resources for Screening
American Cancer Society
Screening increases the chances of detecting certain cancers early, when they are most likely to be curable. Learn what screening tests the American Cancer Society recommends, when you should have them, and how they are covered under some types of insurance.
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Checking for cancer (or for conditions that may become cancer) in people who have no symptoms is called screening.
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of death from cancer in the United States. Studies show that some screening tests for colorectal cancer help find cancer at an early stage and may decrease the number of deaths from the disease.
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Screening for cervical cancer using the Pap test has decreased the number of new cases of cervical cancer and the number of deaths due to cervical cancer since 1950.
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Breast cancer is the second leading cause of death from cancer in American women.
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Mammograms can be used to check for breast cancer in women who have no signs or symptoms of the disease. This type of mammogram is called a screening mammogram. Screening
National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable
NCCRT members are rallying around our shared goal of reaching 80% screened for colorectal cancer by 2018.