Cancer Screening Information for Healthcare Providers

Important Documents

Screening Guidelines

BreastCheck, CervixCheck and ColonCheck are the population-based screening programs operated by CancerCare Manitoba. Our goal is to reduce the rates of incidence and mortality from breast, cervical and colon cancers by screening eligible Manitobans at intervals that maximize the benefit and minimize the potential harms of each screening test. To read more about us, click here.

BreastCheck

Breast Health Services (PDF)

BreastCheck Appointment Form (PDF) - Last revised July 2020

Recall Guidelines (PDF)

Breast Density: Patient Discussion Guide (PDF)

FAQ (PDF)

Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care - Breast Cancer

CervixCheck

New! For Colposcopists: "FAQ about HPV" (pdf)

CervixCheck Provider Number Request Form (pdf)

Colposcopy Services in Manitoba

Managing the Cervical Cancer Screening Histories of Clients <21 (pdf)

CervixCheck Competency Training

Pap Test Clinic Registration

Pap Test Learning Module for Healthcare Providers

Screening History Request Form (pdf)

Understanding the CervixCheck Screening Guidelines (pdf)

FAQ (pdf)

Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care Guidelines - Cervix Cancer

Contemporary Clinical Questions on HPV-Related Diseases and Vaccination (pdf)

ColonCheck

Colorectal Polyps: Information and Surveillance Recommendations (pdf)

Colorectal Cancer Screening in Individuals with a Family History (pdf)

Fact Sheet for Healthcare Professionals (pdf)

Combined History/FOBT Request Form (pdf)

Lynch Syndrome - English | French to come (pdf)

ColonCheck Resource References (pdf)

FOBT Test Instructions:

Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care Guidelines - Colon Cancer

News

Service Updates

BreastCheck is offering appointments at all sites. Effective September 1, 2020, all BreastCheck clients must wear a non-medical mask for the full duration of their BreastCheck appointment.
ColonCheck is mailing home screening test kits, and requests for test kits are being processed.

Updated August 31, 2020

Recruiting Interested Health Promotion Champions

CancerCare Manitoba Prevention & Screening is recruiting interested, enthusiastic health promotion champions in primary care to participate on an advisory committee. The purpose of the committee is to facilitate ongoing reciprocal communication between healthcare providers and CancerCare Manitoba Prevention & Screening in order to generate feedback and input into projects, resources and activities. To learn more, click here.

Breast Density Notification

As of June 2019, BreastCheck will include a woman's breast density in her result letter and in the result letter to her healthcare provider. For more information:

Review Breast Density: Patient Discussion Guide (pdf), Talking To Your Patients About Breast Density and Breast Cancer Risk (webinar)

Colorectal Cancer Screening in Individuals with a Family History

Read the recommendations (pdf) to learn more about colorectal cancer screening for average-risk and increased risk patients.

CervixCheck Provider Numbers

Registered Nurses (RNs), Physician Assistants (PA), and Clinical Assistants (CL.A) should obtain a CervixCheck Provider Number at such point cervical cancer screening becomes part of their practice. The CervixCheck Provider Number identifies the specimen taker on the cytology requisition form and links them to the cervical cancer screening test (i.e. Pap test) and any subsequent follow-up. To request a CervixCheck provider number click here.

Program Operations

BreastCheck, CervixCheck, and ColonCheck operate population-based registries which allow us to:

identify individuals eligible for cancer screening,
send letters of invite, recall, reminder and result notification,
monitor data, and
evaluate program operations.

Invitation strategies used include:

direct mail,
collaborating with healthcare providers, and
health promotion activities.

Correspondence

Each program sends a variety of letter types on a pre-determined timeline.

TYPE	DESCRIPTION	BREAST	CERVIX	COLON
NOTIFY	Advise eligible individual that they will receive a test unless they contact the screening program
INVITE	Encourage eligible individual to participate in screening for the first time
RECALL	Invite an eligible individual to participate in screening at the recommended interval
REMIND	Sent after the initial invite to the eligible individual as a reminder to do the test
RESULT*	Inform an individual of their screening test result.

*CervixCheck will send a result letter to a patient if they have a high-grade abnormal result or if the patient does not have appropriate follow-up listed in the CervixCheck registry.

For more information on each program's correspondence pathway, click below:

BreastCheck (pdf) | CervixCheck (pdf) | ColonCheck (pdf)

Health Promotion

The CancerCare Manitoba Screening Programs have a team of Health Educators that plan, implement, and evaluate various education and health promotion activities for the public and providers on breast, cervical and colon cancer screening. Click below to:

sign-up for our e-newsletter.
register for upcoming education opportunities.
order resources.
make an event request.
connect with us on Facebook, Twitter or YouTube.
ask a question about cancer screening or suggest a future education topic.

Reports

BreastCheck Reports

BreastCheck

Program Reports (pdf)

2013-2014
2010-2011
2008-2010 Summary
2008-2010
2006-2008 Summary
2006-2008
2004-2006

Participation Rates by Community (pdf)

2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012

Participation Rates by RHA (pdf)

Northern Burntwood 2014 | 2013 | 2012
Northern Norman 2014 | 2013 | 2012
Southern Central 2014 | 2013 | 2012
Southern South Eastman 2014 | 2013 | 2012
Interlake-Eastern Interlake 2014 | 2013 | 2012
Interlake-Eastern North Eastman 2014 | 2013 | 2012
Prairie Mountain Assiniboine 2014 | 2013 | 2012
Prairie Mountain Parkland 2014 | 2013 | 2012