Minister: Czechs have high access to unpaid cancer testing

The minister of health, Vlastimil Válek, says Czechs have one of the widest ranges of tests for cancers covered by health insurance. Speaking at a news conference on prevention at the lower house on Wednesday, Mr. Válek said that cervical and colon tumours could be detected by such tests before they became malignant.

Every year Czech doctors diagnose over 85,500 cases of cancer. Around 28,000 people die of the disease annually.

The most common forms in Czechia are prostate, breast, colorectal and lung cancer.