LGBTQIA+
Liveproudly and with peace of mind.
Take control of your health with a cancer screening.
Need help scheduling a screening?
Nurse Navigators can schedule your cancer screening for you. Learn more now.
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Need help paying for screenings?
Screening for Life can help pay for screenings if you can’t. Learn more now.
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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 40 and older assigned female at birth
Screening or Vaccine:
Mammogram
How Often: Annually
Learn MoreWomen 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
Learn MoreAverage 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
Learn MorePer 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.
Delaware 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.
LGBTQIA+ Cancer Screenings
Members of the LGBTQIA+ community are at higher risk of cancer, but screenings can detect cancer early, when it’s most treatable. Know your risk and when to get screened.
Nurse Navigators
Nurse navigators are on staff statewide in Delaware to schedule your cancer screenings and to provide follow-up help. Learn more about nurse navigator services now.
Screening for Life
If you don’t have insurance or if your insurance doesn’t cover cancer screenings, this program could make screenings available to you.
Women’s Screening Support
Get help scheduling breast and cervical screenings, plus support with transportation, interpretation, and care access barriers.
Cancer Care Coordinators
If you’ve been diagnosed with cancer, these specially trained health professionals can help you find the services you need, when you need them. Their services are free of charge to all Delawareans.
Delaware Cancer Treatment Program
Free cancer treatment is available for up to two years to all Delaware residents who can’t afford to pay for it. Learn more now about the program.
Cancer Thriving and Surviving Self-Management Program
A network of programs is available statewide, providing emotional support and practical information to help you live well.