Awareness and Screening
Being aware of sings and symptoms of different types of cancer is one way of helping to reduce your risk and detect cancers early.
For more information on Early detection www.cancerbacup.org.uk
Awareness and screening programs are important elements in the fight against cancer, increasing the detection rate, making early detection more likely and encouraging preventative lifestyle measures. National screening programs do not exist for all cancers. This is for a number of reasons but mainly because of the potential for unnecessary anxiety to the patient and the potential harm screening may cause. In developing screening programs we have carefully assessed the potential harms and benefits to the population and have in place a number of projects. Please use the list below to access the details of screening and awareness programs operating in Lanarkshire.
Cervical
Breast
Testicular
Prostate
