Cancer if detected early can be treated better and chances of cure are high too as it could be caught at an earlier stage .
The tests to detect cancer in normal individuals is called Cancer Screening .
The approved screening are for Colon cancer by Colonoscopy and FIT stools ,Cervical Cancer by Pap smears ,and Breast cancer by Mammograms
Prostate cancer for high risk individuals by serial PSA and Lung cancer by spiral CT for long term smokers .
There are strict guidelines for tgese with age for normal and high risk population .
In India unfortunately widespread population screening is a luxury
At same time its misdone by many private hospitals as part of health packages foing Tumour markers etc which have no place in primary screening .
This is where US differs .
As seen they have Early Detection Institutes .
This is by the legendary M.D.Andersons Cancer center .
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