Oncology Hospital :: Cancer Prevention


Today we know that we are best able to cure cancer when we find it in its earliest stages. Better still, we now know that you can help to reduce your risk of developing cancer by undergoing the appropriate screening tests, paying attention to your family history and adopting a healthy lifestyle.

Up to 85% of cancers can be prevented by avoiding environmental risk factors like smoking, sun exposure, alcohol abuse and poor nutrition. Of course, factors such as age, race, gender and family history cannot be changed, but knowing your personal cancer risk can help you devise a prevention strategy with regular screenings and healthy lifestyle choices. Having one or more risk factors for cancer doesn't mean you will get cancer. In fact, many people considered high-risk never develop cancer while others with no known risk factors become ill.

HCIH can help you with risk assessment, cancer screening, genetic testing and other services, including information on nutrition and smoking cessation. Follow the road to cancer prevention by taking charge of your health.

Cancer Prevention services

HCIH offers a wide range of screening and early detection services.

Comprehensive Cancer Screening: Cancer screening examinations include cancer risk assessment screening exams based on age and gender, as well as personalised risk-reduction strategies.

Site-Specific Cancer Screening: Cancer risk assessment, counselling and screening for the most common types of cancer in adults without symptoms.

Breast cancer: Hospital breast exam and screening mammogram
Gynaecologic cancer: pelvic exam and Pap smear
Prostate cancer: digital rectal exam and prostate-specific antigen blood test
Skin cancer: skin exam
Colorectal cancer: colonoscopy
Genetic Testing and Risk Counselling: For individuals at increased cancer risk due to a family history of disease.

Prevention programs: include genetic testing, chemoprevention and nutritional counselling.

Over the past decade, scientists have discovered specific inherited factors or genes that can contribute to the development of some forms of breast, ovarian, colorectal, and other types of cancer. The Genetics Clinic offers hereditary cancer risk assessment, genetic counselling, and genetic testing by specially trained genetic counsellors and physicians to people who are concerned about their personal and/or family history of cancer. This information may be helpful when making medical decisions about how to manage your risk of cancer.

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         Phone: +34 952 908 628

 

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