Cancer Detection & Screening Guidelines – Asian Fund for Cancer Research

What is Genomic Sequencing, and Who Can Benefit?

05/07/2022Cancer Detection & Screening Guidelines

There’s a paradigm shift taking place in the world of cancer treatment. Experts are moving away from an organ-focused approach to treatment, like using radiation to treat the specific area affected by cancer. Instead, they’re looking at genomic sequencing. Genomics is the…

Cervical Cancer Screening Guidelines

08/02/2022Cancer Detection & Screening Guidelines

Cervical cancer affects women of all ages worldwide and is often dubbed ‘the silent killer’ as it presents with no symptoms in the early stages. Luckily we have an effective screening method to help reduce the number of late-stage diagnoses. Who should…

Self-Exam for Breast Cancer

15/09/2021Cancer Detection & Screening Guidelines

Breast Cancer Self-Exam Tips Women 20 years of age and older should be proactive about detecting breast cancer. Follow the instructions below to examine your breasts. Lying down, place a towel or pillow under your right shoulder and put your right hand behind…

Screening for Breast Cancer

15/09/2021Cancer Detection & Screening Guidelines

Early Detection saves lives! The earlier breast cancer is diagnosed the better the chance of recovery. Women can take proactive steps to know their family history, risk factors, and especially their own bodies. It is important to be vigilant.

Prostate cancer MRI scans: is the NHS ready?

19/05/2019Breakthroughs, Cancer Detection & Screening Guidelines

All men with suspected prostate cancer should be offered a specialist MRI scan when they’re referred to the hospital in England, before a biopsy. And it’s a decision that prostate cancer expert Professor Mark Emberton is extremely happy about. Read the original article at: https://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2019/05/09/prostate-cancer-mri-scans-is-the-nhs-ready/

Four Attribution Factors of “Family Cancer”

04/05/2018Cancer Detection & Screening Guidelines

Start tracking cancer in your own family! Please find the sketch to show you how a cancer-causing gene can be passed on to children. Use it as a guide to ask questions about cancer in your own family tree. And please give a…

Screening for Prostate Cancer

23/02/2018Cancer Detection & Screening Guidelines

Each year approximately 900,000 men across the globe are diagnosed with prostate cancer. Though prostate cancer is more easily cured when diagnosed at early stages, it may not be curable, particularly if cancer has spread to other areas of the body, which…

Screening for Nasopharyngeal Cancer

23/02/2018Cancer Detection & Screening Guidelines

Early Detection saves lives! Detection tests and procedures should be personally tailored based on an individual’s condition. Consult with your doctor to determine what examinations are right for you. Here are a few tests and procedures that may be used. Physical Exam: An…

Cancer Detection Guide

23/02/2018Cancer Detection & Screening Guidelines

Early detection helps save lives. Help decrease your risk of developing cancer by using the below AFCR Early Cancer Detecion Guide. AGE FREQUENCY FEMALES MALES 18 - 20 One Time Complete health exam1 Complete health exam1 Yearly No action needed No action needed Monthly Skin self-exam Skin self-exam, testes self-exam 21 - 39 Every 3 years Complete health exam1, clinical…

Self-Exam for Skin Cancer

23/02/2018Cancer Detection & Screening Guidelines

Stand in front of a large mirror, under bright light, and check every part of your skin, not just the places that are easy to see. Use a hand mirror to check the backs of your legs, the soles of…