Screening

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Written By: Admin | Published : April 19, 2013 5:47 PM IST

Cancer screening checks for disease when there are no symptoms. It aims to detect cancer before symptoms appear to better the chances of curing it. Screening may involve blood tests, urine tests, etc. Mammogram for breast cancer, Pap test for cervical cancer and colonoscopy for colon cancer are some of the examples of cancer screening tests. Sometimes a genetic test may be done for screening in a person who has a risk of developing an inherited disease.