Medical
Cancer screening on schedule
Screening for bowel, breast, cervical and (in smokers) lung cancer cuts death from that cancer 15–60% in RCTs. Participation in Hungary is 30–50% — the cheapest years to be won.
Impact 4/55/5· Replicated RCTs, guidelinesEffort: free, today
First step today
Today: check when your last screening was against the list for your age, and book the overdue ones.
How
Bowel: colonoscopy every 10 years from 45–50 or stool test (FIT) every 1–2 years. Breast: mammography every 2 years at 45/50–74. Cervix: HPV test every 5 years from 30. Lung: annual low-dose CT at 50–80 with 20+ pack-years. Skin: yearly dermatologist with many moles. Prostate: PSA an individual decision at 50–70, with a doctor. Whole-body MRI and “multi-cancer” blood tests are NOT yet proven.
Evidence
NordICC 2022 (n=84,585): those actually attending colonoscopy had –50% bowel-cancer death. NLST (n=53,454): low-dose CT –20% lung-cancer death in heavy smokers. Mammography meta-analysis: –20% breast-cancer mortality at 50–69. HPV screening: –60–70% cervical cancer.
Goals
Healthy years
Sources
Last reviewed: 6 September 2026
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