Download HCA PN: Cancer Screening Programmes

Training for Practice Nurses and
Health Care Assistants
on
CANCER SCREENING PROGRAMMES
Breast
Screening
programmes for
cancer
Bowel
Cervical
Bowel screening
What is bowel screening?
Bowel screening aims to
detect bowel cancer at an
early stage when
treatment is more likely to
work.
Bowel screening
What’s the
test…and who
gets tested?
And people
75 and over
can request a
screening
test
Bowel screening – the kit
Bowel Screening Cancer Research UK
Bowel screening
Cervical screening
What is the test used in cervical screening?
Cervical screening uses a test called liquid
based cytology (LBC) – known to many as a
smear test.
Who has cervical screening?
Women aged 25 to 49 are invited every
three years and after that every five
years until the age of 64.
Why do younger women not have screening?
Source: Cancer Research UK Cervical cancer age statistics
What happens after a Smear Test?
Breast Screening
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What is the test used in breast screening?
 Breast cancer can affect 1 in 9
women in their lifetime.
Who is tested for breast cancer?
What happens after the mammogram?
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What are the benefits and harms
Breast
What barriers can you identify that
may prevent patients participating
in screening programmes?
Bowel
What ideas can you think of that
may overcome these and increase
uptake for your practice?
Cervical
Any Questions?