CERVICAL SCREENING AWARENESS WEEK: Enjoy a scroll through our year!
For the week that’s in it – Cervical Screening Awareness Week – we have pulled together a round-up of the cervical screening related blogs we […]
HPV primary screening
‘The tragedy of thousands who need not die’: A history of cervical screening in England Part II
This post follows ‘A history of cervical screening in England Part I’ written by guest author Scarlett Dargan. Scarlett read History at Churchill College, Cambridge. She […]
HPV Vaccination in Japan: The Journey to Resuming a National Immunisation Programme
This post was written by guest author Maddie Rose Baker. Maddie is an International Journalism Master’s student at City, University of London. She also is a […]
Three Psychological Profiles of People Testing HPV-Positive at Cervical Screening
Dr Emily McBride is a Senior Research Fellow and Health Psychologist (HCPC registered) in the Department of Behavioural Science and Health at UCL. She has […]
Towards cervical cancer elimination: DNA methylation as a triage strategy
Today we discuss with Professor Gloria I. Sanchez her latest research into DNA methylation as a triage strategy for women testing HPV positive at the […]
Cervical Cancer Prevention Week
To coincide with Cervical Cancer Prevention Week, Jo Waller (@Jo_WallerKCL) has pulled together a summary of the research our group has been doing over the […]
From theory to practice: HPV testing in cervical screening really does work!
After months of eager anticipation, the results from the English HPV implementation pilot have been published. Compared to current screening HPV testing detected 50% more […]
Does the quality and type of screening test matter when determining safe intervals between cervical screening tests?
The question of “how often should women go for cervical screening?” has long been controversial. In the past, many countries recommended screening annually whereas in […]
How much should we be willing to spend to introduce a public health intervention sooner?
Public health interventions tend to be complex and need a lot of planning and preparation before they can be rolled out successfully. But how much […]
Computer says “no”
By Robert Music, Chief Executive, Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust Of the five million women invited every year for cervical screening in the UK, over one […]