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Aim: Screening programs for detection of cancer early are critically important for a worse prognosis and a long acting survival. The aim of this study is to measure knowledges of healthy women over the age of 20 and healthy men over the age of 50, living in Trabzon, about cancer screening tests, to detect the frequency of using these methods and to compare our data with the data of Turkey and the world. Material and Method : 17.8 % of 5204 cases taken to the study were man, 82.2 % were woman. Participants were surveyed about breast cancer, cervise cancer, colorectal cancer and prostate cancer by the questions prepared for them. Datas obtained from surveys were evuluated by statistically descriptive, single or multiple variable analysis. Findings: When we examined the knowledge and application about breast cancer's early diagnosis of women included in the study, we found that 48.1 % know breast self-examination, 23.6 % made breast self-examination, 89.9 % did not make breast clinical self-examination. 12.7 % had breast ultrasound + mammography. 50.7 % of women knew the smear test, for servix cancer and 24.9 % had the smear test. In our study, 6.6 percent of women made the test of fecal occult blood, and this ratio was 30 percent fpr men. 3.7 % of women underwent into colonoscopyand this ratio was 10.8 % for men. We found out that the ratio of prostate cancer screening with PSA is 35.5%. Early diagnosis and treatment of cancer is most of the life saving. In our study we saw that most of the people had less and missing knowledge about early cancer diagnosis. People who had a history of cancer in their family had much more knowledge about cancer screening tests and made them more often. Cancer screening tests should be encouraged by everyone who knows the importance of early diagnosis, for a healthy society.

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