Cancer support and screening

NHS cancer screening programmes can help to diagnose cancer or risk of cancer earlier and improve the likelihood of successful treatment.

Website: NHS England » Screening and earlier diagnosis

• Cervical Screening 

  Offered to people with a cervix aged from 25 to 64. Routine screening is offered every three years up to 49 years of age and every five years from 50 to 64. 
  
  Please contact reception to book your smear test.

• Breast Screening 

  Breast screening uses an X-ray test called a mammogram that can spot cancers when they’re too small to see or feel.
  
  Breast screening is offered to women aged 50 to their 71st birthday in England. You’ll first be invited for screening within three years of your 50th birthday.
  
  If you’re worried about breast cancer symptoms, such as a lump or an area of thickened tissue in a breast, or you notice that your breasts look or feel different from what’s normal for you, do not wait to be offered screening. Please contact the surgery.

• Bowel Screening 

  As part of the NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme, men and women aged 60-74 are sent a home testing kit every two years to collect a small sample of stool to be checked for tiny amounts of blood which could be caused by cancer.
  
  This test is called the Faecal Immunochemical Test or FIT.
  
  Further information
   
  NHS cancer screening programmes can help to diagnose cancer or risk of cancer earlier and improve the likelihood of successful treatment.
  
  Website
  NHS England – Cancer – early diagnosis

• Cancer Support

  A cancer diagnosis can be overwhelming, not only for the person affected but also for family and friends. Support is available to help you cope with the emotional, practical and physical changes.
  
  Please click on the link below for more information
  
  Website
  www.figgesmarshsurgery.nhs.uk/news/cancer-support