Cancer Screenings

Breast ultrasound uses sound waves and their echoes to make computer pictures of the inside of the breast. It can show certain breast changes, like fluid-filled cysts, that can be harder to see on mammograms.

Colorectal cancer screenings—ideally a colonoscopy— produces accurate results and definitive preventive outcomes when performed in a timely manner.

Low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) is a screening test that uses a low dose of radiation to create detailed images of the lungs

checks for high-risk, potentially cancerous HPV strains in your cervical cells and is recommended once every 5 years for sexually active women (or had past sexual intercourse) above age 30.

Tumour markers blood test looks for specific cancer markers in your blood, which may indicate the presence of cancer.

Pathology is a medical specialty that determines the cause and nature of diseases by examining and testing body tissues (from biopsies and pap smears, for example) and bodily fluids (from samples including blood and urine). The results from these tests help doctors diagnose and treat patients correctly.

Prostate ultrasound uses high-frequency sound waves to capture images of a man’s prostate gland, which can help diagnose urinary symptoms and detect signs of prostate cancer.

An imaging test is a way to let doctors see what’s going on inside your body. These tests send forms of energy (like x-rays, sound waves, radioactive particles, or magnetic fields) through your body. Your body tissues change the energy patterns to make an image or picture. These pictures show how your insides look and work so that health care providers can see changes that may be caused by diseases like cancer.

Cancers such as bowel cancer, breast cancer, kidney cancer, melanoma (skin cancer), ovarian cancer, pancreatic cancer, retinoblastoma (eye cancer), thyroid cancer and womb cancer are hereditary cancers.