L3.4.4: Screening

• C - Change in bowel or bladder habits

  ○ Bladder cancer (bladder)

  ○ Prostate cancer (bladder)

  ○ Colon cancer (bowel)
• A - A sore that does not heal

  ○ Skin cancer
• U - Unusual bleeding or discharge

  ○ Cervical cancer (discharge)

  ○ Breast cancer (discharge)

  ○ Endometrial cancer (bleeding)
• T - Thickening or lump in breast or elsewhere

  ○ Breast cancer
• I - Indigestion or difficulty in swallowing (dysphagia)

  ○ Laryngeal cancer

  ○ Esophageal cancer

  ○ Gastric cancer
• O - Obvious change in wart or mole

  ○ Skin cancer
• N - Nagging cough or hoarseness in voice

  ○ Laryngeal cancer (hoarseness)

  ○ Lung cancer (nagging cough)
• U - Unexplained anemia

  ○ Leukemia
• S - Sudden weight loss

  ○ Anorexia Cachexia Syndrome

  ■ Anorexia – Loss of appetite then leads to,

  ■ Cachexia – Loss of body weight

  ○ Lung Cancer

  ○ Gastrointestinal Cancer

  ○ Esophageal Cancer
• S - Sudden weight loss

  ○ Anorexia Cachexia Syndrome

  ■ Anorexia – Loss of appetite then leads to,

  ■ Cachexia – Loss of body weight

  ○ Lung Cancer

  ○ Gastrointestinal Cancer

  ○ Esophageal Cancer