Viva Cancer Prevention, Risk & Survivorship

It depends on your age, sex, health history, and family history. National groups such as the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommend screening for breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer at certain ages, and lung cancer screening for some adults who smoked. Your provider reviews your record, creates a personal schedule, and coordinates each test with an outside center.

Most screening tests, such as mammograms, colonoscopy, and low-dose lung CT, are done at outside imaging and specialty centers. Your provider orders or refers you for them, and our team follows up on the results with you. Confirm test availability, sampling location, assay suitability, and cost before nonurgent testing; outside laboratory coordination may be needed. Other blood tests are coordinated with an outside laboratory.

No. The panels on our Genetic Testing page look at nutrition, methylation, and celiac-related genes. They do not test for inherited cancer risk and are not a diagnosis. If your family history suggests an inherited risk, your provider can discuss hereditary cancer testing and coordinate it with outside genetic counseling and testing services, with acceptance and access confirmed.

List close relatives on both sides, including parents, brothers and sisters, children, grandparents, aunts, and uncles, who had cancer. Note the type of cancer and the age when it was found, and whether any relative had genetic testing. If you do not know every detail, bring what you have; partial information still helps your provider.

Your provider explains what the result means and the next step, such as a repeat test, a diagnostic test, or a specialist visit. We coordinate the referral and check back with you to confirm the next step happened. An abnormal screening result does not always mean cancer, but it does need timely follow-up.

Yes. Survivorship care here covers everyday health, such as blood pressure, blood sugar, cholesterol, healthy habits, and concerns about long-term treatment effects. We work alongside your oncology team, follow the survivorship plan they share, and send updates back. Recurrence checks and cancer-specific tests stay with your oncology team.

Yes, book promptly. A new lump, weight loss you cannot explain, unusual bleeding, or a change that does not go away should be checked soon. Your provider examines you, orders the right next test, and discusses an appropriate referral and the urgency of evaluation. Severe symptoms such as heavy bleeding or trouble breathing need 911 or the nearest emergency room.