some of these increases may be attributable to the intensification of case finding efforts in the national cancer registry the ageing of the population and improved diagnostics ie introduction of new medical equipment knowledge and increased diagnostic tests the national breast cancer programme provides free mammography for women between and years of age every two years the response rate was low only in a programme for early detection of colorectal cancer for people aged to began in on a pilot basis in one district there are plans to expand it nationally according to ehis data more than of people in cyprus aged have never been screened for colorectal cancer