Screening

Ontario Health-Cancer Care Ontario provides three population based cancer screening programs:

 

Important quality benefits of cancer screening programs are:

  • Invitations to individuals to participate in screening at age of eligibility
  • Reminders for individuals to be screened when they are due for their next screening test
  • Tracking participants throughout screening and diagnostic processes
  • Generate result letters to patients and health care providers
  • Programs are continually evaluated for program quality and performance