10/18/2026
SERVICE SUNDAY: Know Your Options
Cancer screening shouldn't be something you put off simply because you're worried about the cost. The CDC currently recommends routine screening for four cancers: breast, cervical, colorectal and lung. Screening can find some cancers before symptoms appear, when treatment is often more effective.
For our Tulsa community, there are affordable resources available:
COLON CANCER
Most adults should begin colorectal cancer screening around age 45. Morton Comprehensive Health Services is a dederally qualified health center providing primary care and sliding-scale fees based on income, with previous grant support to supply at-home FIT kits and follow-up care for uninsured patients.
LUNG CANCER
For adults 50β80 with a significant smoking history who currently smoke or quit within the last 15 years, annual low-dose CT screening may be recommended. Oklahoma's Mobile Lung Cancer Screening Bus is bringing screening to communities across the state.
BREAST & CERVICAL CANCER
Low- and no-cost options are available through Oklahoma's Take Charge program for eligible low-income, uninsured and underinsured Oklahomans. The Tulsa Health Department also offers women's health services and screenings.
What about prostate, skin, oral, ovarian or other cancers? Screening isn't one-size-fits-all. For several of these cancers, routine screening of people without symptoms hasn't been shown to have the same benefits, so it's important to talk with a healthcare provider about your age, family history and individual risk.
Taking care of yourself is part of taking care of your community. π«Ά