Intensified breast cancer screening for high risk women may detect cancer at an early, treatable stage.

At that time, many people did not seek medical help until their cancer had advanced past a treatable stage.

This can increase your chance of finding the problem at a more treatable stage.

Like ovarian cancer, it tends not to produce symptoms in the early, treatable stages.

One approach to finding the disease at a treatable stage is a test that detects calcium deposits in the walls of coronary arteries.

In some patients, long-term repeat examinations will eventually disclose the primary tumor, and at a treatable stage.

A contrast agent is required if this technique will be able to image cancers at an early, more treatable stage.

This may reduce the odds of developing colon cancer, or at least help catch it in its most treatable stage.

Overall, as a result of awareness, breast cancers are being detected at an earlier, more treatable stage.

The most common use of cytopathology is the Pap smear, used to detect cervical cancer at an early treatable stage.