Cancer statistics can be really quite scary. Research now suggests that one in two of us will get cancer at some point in our lives, which is an incredibly worrying thought. However most of this is due to the fact that most of us are living longer lives in the modern world, and with cancer treatments getting better year on year- it's something that many sufferers will go on to beat. We're more prone to certain cancers due to our age, lifestyle, gender and other factors, and so good healthcare systems now screen anyone considered to be at risk. This is the process of checking healthy people to potentially catch changes very early on. These changes are at a treatable stage, since often by the time symptoms arrive cancer has usually spread.
Any hospice worker will tell you how devastating cancer can be, and it's not always older people who are diagnosed. Here are some of the screenings you could be invited for, and should attend if you are.
