Live proudly and with peace of mind.
Take control of your health with a cancer screening.
Get peace of mind from a cancer screening, which can detect cancer when it’s most treatable.
The LGBTQIA+ community lives with a higher risk of cancer, but screenings can help you live with so much more. Call your health care provider to schedule a cancer screening today. If you don’t have one, a nurse navigator can offer support and help schedule a cancer screening — even if you don’t have insurance.
Top Health Issues for LGBT Populations Information & Resource Kit, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2012.
Screenings
When you should be screened and how often:
Those 18 and older assigned female at birth
Screening or Vaccine: Clinical Breast Exam (CBE)
How Often: Annually
Those 40 and older 1,2 assigned female at birth
Screening or Vaccine: Mammogram and Clinical Breast Exam (CBE)
How Often: Annually
Women 21 and older 1,2 assigned female at birth
Screening or Vaccine: Pelvic Exam
How Often: Annually
Those 21 to 29 assigned female at birth
Screening or Vaccine: Pap Test
How Often: Every 3 years
Those 30 to 65 assigned female at birth
Screening or Vaccine: Pap Test
How Often: Every 3 years or every 5 years with HPV co-testing
Those 45 and older 1,2 assigned male or female at birth
Screening or Vaccine: FIT Test, Colonoscopy, or Cologuard
How Often:
- FIT Test: Annually
- Colonoscopy: Every 10 years
- Cologuard: Every 3 years
Those 50 to 80 assigned female or male at birth who:
- Smoke or have–smoked a pack a day for 20 or more years, or 2 packs a day for 10 or more years
- Currently smoke or quit smoking within the past 15 years
Screening should be discontinued once a person:
- Has not smoked for 15 years
- Develops a health problem that substantially limits life expectancy or the ability or willingness to have curative lung surgery
Screening or Vaccine: Low-dose CT scan
How Often: Talk to your health care provider to determine if a lung cancer screening is recommended
Updated in April 2021
Average Risk: Those 50 years and older 1,2 assigned male at birth
High Risk: Those 45 years and older assigned male at birth, include African Americans and men who have a first-degree relative diagnosed with prostate cancer at an early age. Early age defined as less than 65 years.
Higher Risk: Those 40 years and older assigned male at birth, – with more than one first-degree relative who has had prostate cancer at an early age (less than 65). 1,2
Screening or Vaccine: Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) Test with or without a Digital Rectal Exam (DRE)
How Often: Talk to your health care provider to determine if prostate screening is recommended
Per Screening for Life guidelines dated July 2021.
1 Talk with your health care provider about individual screening recommendations.
2 Individuals with a family history of cancer may qualify for screening at an earlier age.
Cancer types
Learn more about each cancer and how to stay healthy.
Breast Cancer
Learn MoreCervical Cancer
Learn MoreColon Cancer
Learn MoreLung Cancer
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Learn MoreProstate Cancer
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Learn MoreDelaware Cancer Services and Programs
Access the care you need, when you need it.
Whether you have insurance or not, services are available to help you get screened for cancer and, if a diagnosis is made, get treated for cancer and not just survive, but live a thriving, healthy life after cancer.
Nurse Navigators
Delaware nurse navigators can help you get screened for cancer.
Whether you have insurance or not, Delaware nurse navigators can help you get screened for cancer and provide follow-up help when you get your results. Choose from the list below to call a nurse navigator directly, between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., or click the call request button to have a nurse navigator contact you.
- Bayhealth: 302-566-1202
- Beebe Healthcare: 302-297-8342
- Christiana Care: 302-261-8719
- TidalHealth: 302-604-5243 ext. 3765
- Saint Francis Hospital: 302-504-6732
- Delaware Breast Cancer Coalition: 302-672-6435 ext. 1002
Helpful links
Quit Smoking
There are two ways to get help to quit smoking from specially trained counselors: Call the Delaware Quitline by phone at 1-866-409-1858 or visit QuitSupport.com.
Learn moreHealthy Living
Live better. Our Healthy Lifestyle Map will show you where you can find fresh local produce at farmers’ markets and how to stay active at local fitness centers and parks.
View Healthy Lifestyle MapActivity Lowers Your Risk for Certain Cancers
Access the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Physical Activity and Cancer chart to see how regular physical activity can lower your risk for eight cancers.
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