Cancer Prevention
An interactive tool from Cancer Care Ontario. My Cancer IQ will tell you your risk for kidney cancer, lung cancer, cervical cancer, colorectal cancer, melanoma, and breast cancer. It will also give you a personalized prevention action plan.
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If you are a patient of the Hudson Regional Cancer Program you have access to free tobacco cessation support. To book an appointment with a Tobacco Support Coach call the Patient and Family Support Desk 705-728-9090 ext. 43520
A website with resources and support for:
- People with cancer
- People who identify as Indigenous
- Healthcare providers
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An interactive tool from the Canadian Cancer Society that will teach you about cancer prevention and help you make healthy choices in your own life.
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We offer a variety of services to help educate your employees about cancer prevention and screening. We can tailor our programs and resources to match with the needs of your organization. Contact us via email nsmscreening@rvh.on.ca.
Cancer Screening
The Simcoe Muskoka Cancer Screening Hotline is a free service that can help you get up-to-date with your colorectal, cervical and breast cancer screening. Anyone can call! 1-866-608-6910. For more information about cancer screening, please visit Cancer Care Ontario’s cancer screening page.
Ontario has three provincial cancer screening programs for breast cancer, cervical cancer, and colorectal cancer. Cancer screening is free for people who meet the eligibility criteria. The different screening programs help find cancer earlier, when it is easier to treat.
Ontario Breast Screening Program
Ontario Cervical Screening Program
Colon Cancer Check
Learn more about your colorectal cancer risk: https://www.mycanceriq.ca/Cancers/Colorectal
More information about colorectal cancer screening: https://www.cancercareontario.ca/en/types-of-cancer/colorectal/screening
View the Time to Screen Tool: https://www.health.gov.on.ca/en/public/programs/cancer/screening/
Ontario has transitioned from the fecal occult blood test (FOBT) to FIT for colon cancer screening. FIT is a simple and painless at-home test that checks stool (poop) for tiny amounts of blood, which could be caused by colon cancer and/or pre-cancerous polyps (growths in the colon or rectum that can turn into cancer over time).
Primary Care Providers will request LifeLabs to mail eligible people a FIT kit. Screening participants should mail their completed FIT to LifeLabs or drop it off at a LifeLabs Patient Service Centre as soon as possible.
FIT Positive Colonoscopy Sites
Regional hospitals and clinics performing FIT colonoscopies:
Collingwood General and Marine Hospital
Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare Centre
Orillia Soldiers Memorial Hospital
Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre
Click here for the FIT Positive Colonoscopy Central Intake Referral Form (For Barrie and surrounding area only). Providers outside the Barrie area should continue to use existing referral pathways should their patient need a FIT+ colonoscopy.
Resources
Click here to access the Cancer Care Ontario FIT Resource Hub that provides updates, highlight changes, and share tools with primary care providers.