Screening & Check-ups
6 articles
- Your check-up report says "abnormal" — what next? Two centres, two answers for one person; what the official position is, and how a public referral works
The first thing to sort out on receiving a report marked "abnormal" is that "outside the reference range" and "having a disease" are two different things.
Last updated：2026-08-31
- Is colorectal cancer screening really $1,000 out of pocket? Recommendations, the two stages of charges, four eligibility conditions and six situations that rule you out, 2026
The $1,000 covers only the colonoscopy doctor's extra fee. The other two out-of-pocket items — the extra fee at the stool-test stage, and every
Last updated：2026-08-09
- What score means you should have a mammogram? Recommendations, the government tool's five percentile bands, three risk groups and what four routes cost, 2026
Hong Kong does not tell you to have a mammogram simply because you have reached a certain age; it tells you to be assessed first.
Last updated：2026-08-09
- Which cervical screening test should you have? Recommendations against the actual service, the age boundaries, and what three routes cost, 2026
The Department of Health's recommendations page still lists three methods side by side, but the Department's own service has used HPV testing as the
Last updated：2026-08-09
- How often should a healthy person have a body check? Screening intervals the government has published, and why the packages have none, 2026
- The words "body check" cover two things of quite different natures in the marketplace: a screening aimed at one disease, with a defined target group and
Last updated：2026-08-03
- Is a self-paid whole-body MRI worth it? The ACR position where it matters, the cost of incidental findings and the kidney warning
The American College of Radiology holds that for people with no symptoms, no risk factors and no relevant family history there is at present not enough
Last updated：2026-07-31