Cancer Screening

What is cancer screening?

Cancer screening is for people with no symptoms. It looks for possible signs of cancer before they are noticeable. 

Screening can save lives by:

  • Finding cancers at an early stage, when treatment is more likely to be successful.
  • Finding early changes in the body that could lead to cancer. These changes can then be treated, and this can prevent cancer from developing in the first place.

There are NHS national screening programmes for bowel, breast, cervical with a screening programme for Lung currently being rolled out.

Who is cancer screening for?

Cancer screening is for people with no symptoms.

If something doesn’t look or feel right, don’t wait for screening – tell your doctor as soon as possible. See our top tips for talking to your doctor about symptoms.

In the UK, you will be invited to cancer screening based on things like your age and how your sex is recorded on the GP system.

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