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Latvia splits its screening in two. Breast and cervical checks arrive as a personal invitation letter from the National Health Service; the bowel and prostate checks are state-funded but you ask your family doctor for them.

Šī lapa apraksta skrīninga programmas; tā nav diagnoze, nav personīgs riska novērtējums un neaizstāj jūsu veselības aprūpes dienestu. Vecuma grupas nosaka katra valsts un tās mainās — saņemtais uzaicinājums un jūsu valsts lapā nosauktā iestāde ir svarīgāki par jebko, kas rakstīts šeit. Skrīnings ir domāts cilvēkiem bez simptomiem: jauns sabiezējums, redzamas asinis, mainījusies dzimumzīme, neizskaidrojams svara zudums vai pēkšņas redzes vai dzirdes pārmaiņas prasa ārsta apskati tūlīt, lai arī ko būtu rādījis nesenais skrīninga rezultāts.

Programmas

Two different systems in one country

It is worth understanding this split before you conclude you have been forgotten. Latvia’s cervical and breast checks are a genuine call-and-recall programme: the National Health Service works out who is due and posts an invitation, roughly three months after the relevant birthday, either to your declared address or to your official e-address on the state portal. The bowel test and the prostate check are equally state-funded and equally free, but nobody writes to you about them — you ask your family doctor, who gives you the kit or the referral.

What changed in 2025

Cervical screening was rebuilt on 1 July 2025. Women aged 25 to 29 continue with a cytology sample every three years. From 30 to 70 the test is now an HPV test and the interval is five years rather than three — a longer gap that reflects how much better the virus test is at ruling out risk, not a reduction in the service. If you were used to a three-yearly letter in your thirties, this is why the next one takes longer.

The bowel test nobody writes to you about

Everyone aged 50 to 74 can have a state-funded faecal occult blood test through their family doctor, and it is the programme with the largest gap between entitlement and uptake precisely because there is no letter to prompt it. The kit is used at home, from a single bowel movement, with no dietary preparation. Ask for it at any appointment you already have; you do not need a separate reason to attend.

Prostate and what a PSA result means here

Latvia funds a PSA blood test for men aged 50 to 75, and earlier for men with a family history of prostate cancer. That is a more permissive position than Sweden’s, where organised PSA screening is explicitly not recommended, so it is worth reading the prostate page on this site before you decide. A raised PSA is not a diagnosis; it is a reason for a conversation, usually followed by an MRI-first pathway rather than an immediate biopsy.

Pa vecuma grupām

Vēlreiz tā pati tabula, tikai apgriezta: katrs vecums, kurā kaut kas jāveic, lai jūs varētu atrast savu un lasīt pa rindu. Tā tiek veidota serverī, tāpēc darbojas neatkarīgi no tā, vai zemāk esošais kalkulators strādā.

Sievietes: vecuma kāpnes

Men: vecuma kāpnes

Kur intervāls tiek noteikts reģionāli, norādīts tikai vecums, kurā grupa sākas — atkārtošanas intervālu publicē attiecīgās valsts iestāde. Vecums ir tas vecums, ko sasniedzat kalendārajā gadā, jo mērķa grupas visā reģionā tiek veidotas pēc dzimšanas gada, nevis dzimšanas datuma.

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Avoti:SPKC — Vēža skrīnings (cancer screening) · Nacionālais veselības dienests — cervical and breast checks · SPKC — bowel cancer preventive test · SPKC — prostate cancer preventive check · Nacionālais veselības dienests — prostate preventive check· pārbaudīts2026-09-07

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