Cancer Prevention & Screening

We offer a variety of educational events and screening programs designed to empower you with the knowledge and tools to understand and minimize your cancer risk.

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Lowering Your Risk

One of the greatest tools we have in fighting cancer is understanding the risks and taking steps to reduce the risk of developing cancer. Although many factors may increase your risk of developing cancer, you can reduce your risk by making healthy lifestyle choices:

Eat a balanced diet that includes fresh fruits and vegetables, limiting saturated fats.

Maintain a healthy weight.
Stop smoking and using other tobacco products.
Become more physically active.
Protect yourself from the sun's rays, particularly between 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
If you drink alcohol, do so in moderation.
Follow recommended vaccinations.
See your doctor regularly.

Early detection saves lives.

Cancer Screening Guidelines

Some cancer screenings start as young as age 40 for average-risk individuals. Check our cancer screening guidelines to make sure that you and your family are up to date.

Mammograms Save Lives

Our team of fellowship-trained radiologists offer 3D mammograms across the South Carolina—bringing care to you. Learn more about breast cancer prevention here.

Lung Cancer Screening

Lung cancer is common and the leading cause of cancer death, but low-dose CT screening reduces mortality in high-risk smokers.

Colonoscopies

Colonoscopies can find and remove precancerous polyps early, making colon cancer one of the most preventable cancers.

Cervical Cancer Screening

Regular Pap and HPV screenings detect cervical changes early, greatly reducing the risk of developing cervical cancer.

Prostate Cancer Screening

Prostate cancer screening with PSA tests can detect disease early, when treatment is most effective.

A healthier you

There’s one action that you can take that reduces your risk of a dozen cancers, heart disease, and diabetes – and can even extend your life if you’ve already been diagnosed with cancer. That’s quitting smoking.

Quitting smoking isn’t easy. We know that. That’s why the MUSC Health Tobacco Treatment Program works with you, offering a combination of behavioral health interventions and smoking cessation medications in individualized plans. Our researchers are always working on new ways to help people to quit, and we offer a number of clinical trials aimed at improving smoking cessation methods.

Take the first step to improving your health and contact us today.

Get help to stop smoking