Sisters are doin’ it for themselves
Dr Anita Lim tells us how her team’s research is building the evidence-base for introducing cervical screening self-testing in England, along with other approaches to […]
Articles by Jane Rigney
The Art and Peril of Communicating about Cancer Screening
In this post Hilary Robbins, Scientist at the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), discuses the art of communicating scientific information accurately. Whether or […]
35 cancer prevention and screening blogs
When we launched this blog last year, we were not aware of other similar blogs. To celebrate our one-year anniversary we have compiled a list […]
10 must read papers from the last year
We are celebrating our first-year anniversary! We hope you have enjoyed our blog thus far. To celebrate we thought we would highlight ten (18 but […]
Five Minutes With: Dr Silvia Franceschi
Our “Five Minutes With” series seeks to discover what are the habits, inspirations and obstacles that have shaped the careers of leading cancer researchers and […]
Why don’t women receive invitations to cervical screening after they turn 65?
Women around the world attend cervical screening regularly during most of their adult life, but in most countries, they are not encouraged to continue once […]
Managing women’s cancers in Lynch syndrome
In this post Dr Emma Crosbie, Senior Lecturer & Honorary Consultant Gynaecological Oncologist, tells us about the first ever workshop to develop international standards of […]
Five Minutes With: Professor Julietta Patnick CBE
Our “Five Minutes With” series seeks to discover what are the habits, inspirations and obstacles that have shaped the careers of leading cancer researchers and […]
Screening iconoclasm series: Is it time for cancer screening to become non-binary?
In our final iconoclasm series post, Peter Sasieni explores the merits of making cancer screening non-binary. The classic paradigm for diagnostic testing and medical screening […]
Screening iconoclasm series: Could you be more specific about what you mean by specificity?
In this post, Peter Sasieni argues that it is time to be more specific about our definitions of specificity and false positive tests. How will […]