Health Screening
Targeted Cancer Screening
Screening built around your risk, not a menu
General tumour-marker panels are a weak screening tool on their own — they produce false positives and rarely catch early disease in average-risk people. What works is targeted screening matched to your risk profile: low-dose chest CT for smokers, colonoscopy for patients over 45 or with family history, gastroscopy where there is H. pylori history or regional risk, and ultrasound or MRI for liver, thyroid and breast concerns.
We build the plan around your history, then hand it to a hospital with the relevant volume. For lung screening that means a centre with low-dose CT protocols and a nodule-tracking pathway; for gastrointestinal screening, an endoscopy unit that reports in English and provides sedation as standard.
Anything suspicious is escalated inside the hospital the same week — CT-guided biopsy, PET-CT or surgical referral — rather than being handed back to you as a set of flagged values to interpret alone.
What is included
- Risk assessment based on age, family history, smoking and occupational exposure
- Low-dose chest CT and/or colonoscopy or gastroscopy as indicated
- Abdominal, thyroid and breast ultrasound where relevant
- Selected tumour markers with interpretation, not as a standalone screen
- Specialist consultation and a written English summary
Who this suits
- Adults 45+ with a family history of cancer
- Long-term smokers or ex-smokers
- Patients who have been told to 'watch and wait' at home and want a second look
Time required
1–2 days depending on whether endoscopy is included
Recovery
Same-day return to normal activity, except after sedated endoscopy (allow 24 hours).
Trip planning
Plan 3–4 nights in the city so results and any follow-up imaging can be completed before you leave.
Questions
Practical answers.
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Is this the same as a full-body check?
No. A full-body check is a broad annual physical. Cancer screening is narrower and deeper, selected for your specific risk factors, and usually includes imaging or endoscopy that a standard package does not.
Can you screen me if I already have symptoms?
If you have symptoms, you need diagnostic workup rather than screening. Tell us what is happening and we will route you to the appropriate specialist instead of a screening package.
What happens if something is found?
The hospital escalates within the same institution — biopsy, PET-CT or surgical referral — usually within the same week. We do not hand you a report and leave you to organise the next step yourself.
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