Early detection of cancer resources for professionals

Education

The NCCP has an Early Diagnosis of Cancer eLearning programme. The programme is for primary care and allied healthcare professionals .

Available on HSeLanD, the programme ‘Early Diagnosis of Cancer’ advises healthcare staff on how to recognise signs and symptoms of cancer and how to refer patients, when necessary,  to the appropriate next step.

The eLearning programme contains 2 modules:

  • Early Diagnosis of Cancer – Part 1 (covering lung, breast, prostate and melanoma skin cancer)
  • Early Diagnosis of Cancer – Part 2 (covering colorectal, uterine, ovarian and cervical cancer)

Learners can dip in and out of the programme at any time. You can find it by searching for ‘Early Diagnosis of Cancer’ in the search box on HSeLanD.

Resources

If you wish to order printed resources please visit www.healthpromotion.ie. Choose 'cancer' on the drop down menu to browse resources.

Videos
Recordings

Published Research

NCCP Early Diagnosis of Symptomatic Cancer Plan

The HSE National Cancer Control Programme launched the first NCCP Early Diagnosis of Symptomatic Cancer Plan 2022-2025.

The plan  aims to provide a strategic, comprehensive approach to increasing the number of symptomatic cancers that are diagnosed early (stages I and II) in Ireland.

Implementation Reports