Cancer Screening Guide

Early detection of breast, cervical, colon and lung cancers

Cancer screening: Why it matters & how to get checked

Looking after your health can be challenging. But early cancer screening can find changes before you even feel a symptom. This is when treatment works best.

In Ontario, these tests are free for eligible people. They can make a life-saving difference.

• Breast cancer: Regular screening can catch changes early and reduce deaths.
  
• Cervical cancer: Regular tests can prevent or catch cancer linked to Human Papilloma Virus (HPV).
  
• Colon cancer: Most cases can be cured if found early.
  
• Lung cancer: Screening helps stay ahead of the leading cause of cancer death.

Cancer screening information

How to get screened

For more information visit www.cancercareontario.ca.

Download the Cancer Screening Guide.

More cancer screening information:

Ontario Cervical Screening Program (OCSP)

• A province-wide screening program run by Ontario Health (Cancer Care Ontario).
• OCSP goal: lower people’s chance of getting or dying from cervical cancer by increasing the number of eligible people with a cervix (including women, Two-Spirit people, transmasculine people and nonbinary people) who get screened regularly and who have timely and appropriate follow-up of abnormal results.
• The new test replaces the Pap test because it is better at helping prevent cervical cancer
• Visit the Ontario Health website: Ontario Cervical Screening Program 
• Download: Ontario Health Fact sheet on cervical screening