Prevention & Screening

Overview

The best time to treat cancer is when it is in its earliest stages. However, many cancers develop silently, with symptoms that don't appear until the disease has reached an advanced stage. That's why screening tests like mammography, colonoscopy, prostate-specific antigen blood testing and other procedures are so important. These tests can detect cancer before symptoms develop.

For more information about cancer screening tests and the Community Cancer Center's screening programs, click on the links below:

• Prevention and Screening Procedures
  Descriptions of screening procedures for common cancers from the National Cancer Institute
• Community Cancer Center's Cancer Screening Guidelines
• Community Cancer Center Screening Programs
  Cancer screening programs offered by the Community Cancer Center
• Smoking Cessation
• Cancer Screening Guidelines
  American Cancer Society screening recommendations for seven common cancers