Fight Back Against Cancer: Screening and Early Detection

1. Fight Back Against Cancer: • Screening and Early Detection Presentations prepared by: Canadian Cancer Society, Ontario Division, Public Affairs, Prevention May 2012 Presentations prepared by: Canadian Cancer Society, Ontario Division, Public Affairs, Prevention June 2010

2. How we’re fighting cancer • doing everything we can to prevent cancer • funding research to outsmart cancer • empowering, informing and supporting Canadians living with cancer • advocating for public policies to improve the health of Canadians • rallying Canadians to get involved in the fight against cancer

3. Screening Testing or checking for a disease in people who don’t show any symptoms of the disease.

4. Early Detection of Cancer • Screening for cancer • No signs and symptoms present • Follows recommendations and guidelines • Testing for cancer • Signs or symptoms are present • Know what is normal for your body

5. Why is screening important to you? In most cases, finding cancer early increases the chances of successful treatment. Screening saves lives!

6. Pros & Cons of Screening Pros • Earlier detection of cancer • Reducing the anxiety of “not knowing” • Effective screening saves lives • Cons • False positive results • False negative results • Over-diagnosis

7. Currently there are three cancer screening programs, what are they? • Breast • Cervical • Colon

8. What percentage are getting screened? Cancer System Quality Index, 2011, Cancer Quality Council of Ontario and Cancer Care Ontario

9. Breast cancer screening

10. Breast cancer Screening guidelines for average risk

11. Breast cancer • Detecting breast cancer early

12. High-Risk Screening Guidelines

13. Cervical cancer screening

14. Cervical cancer Human Papillomavirus • cause of almost all cervical cancers • linked with cancers of the anus, vulva, vagina, mouth and throat. • HPV spread mainly through sexual contact

15. Cervical cancer Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccine • 2 types of vaccines available in Canada • protect against the 2 types of HPV that cause 70% of cervical cancers. • girls and women between the age of 9 – 45 should be vaccinated • works best before a person becomes sexually active • women still need to get Pap tests

16. Cervical cancer Pap Test Recommendations • Women who are sexually active should have Pap tests by the time they are 21 every 3 years. • Women who are no longer having sex should continue to have the test.

17. Colon cancer

18. Colon cancer Colon Cancer screening guidelines

19. ColonCancerCheck province-wide colon cancer screening program screens with FOBT (average risk), colonoscopy (higher risk) FOBT kits available from your doctor, pharmacist or through ColonCancerCheck directly follow-up included • Colon cancer • ColonCancerCheck.ca. 2009

20. Colon cancer Fecal Occult Blood Test (FOBT)

21. Early Detection of Cancer • Screening for cancer • No signs and symptoms present • Follows recommendations and guidelines • Testing for cancer • Signs or symptoms are present • Know what is normal for your body

22. Early Detection • Know what is normal for you • Report any changes to your doctor

23. Other tests for cancer

24. Prostate cancer

25. Prostate cancer Tests for prostate cancer • Digital Rectal Exam (DRE) • Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) test

26. Prostate cancer Testing for prostate cancer

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28. Questions ?

29. For the most up-to-date information: • visit www.cancer.ca • call the Canadian Cancer Society Cancer Information Service at 1 888 939-3333 Thank you! Presentation prepared by: Canadian Cancer Society, Ontario Division, Public Affairs, Prevention May 2011