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From Unlikely Allies to Global Elimination Strategy: the history of HPV and cervical cancer

January 13, 2023 Jane Rigney 0

This post is based on a longer, extended article from Lilly Matson, Cancer Research UK: Into the Archives: the story of HPV and cervical cancer […]

Does the bowel cancer screening programme in England prevent deaths?

August 12, 2022 Alejandra Castanon 0

The NHS Bowel Cancer Screening programme is on track to meet its objective of reducing deaths from bowel cancer. Our recently published study, the first […]

How can we monitor improvements in early diagnosis?

July 8, 2022 Jane Rigney 0

This post was created by Amy Tickle, a Cancer Research UK-funded PhD student in the Cancer Prevention Group. Amy is currently in her second year […]

CERVICAL SCREENING AWARENESS WEEK: Enjoy a scroll through our year!

June 24, 2022 Jane Rigney 0

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 […]

‘The tragedy of thousands who need not die’: A history of cervical screening in England Part II

June 10, 2022 Jane Rigney 0

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

May 27, 2022 Jane Rigney 0

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 […]

‘The tragedy of thousands who need not die’: A history of cervical screening in England Part I

May 13, 2022 Jane Rigney 1

This post was written by guest author Scarlett Dargan. Scarlett read History at Churchill College, Cambridge. She is now studying for a master’s in journalism at […]

PODCAST: Remote Consultations in Primary Care

April 29, 2022 Jane Rigney 0

Today we are speaking with Dr Thomas Round on the topic of remote consultations in general practice. Dr Thomas Round is a GP in north-east […]

What are women’s views of personalised breast cancer risk assessment and risk-stratified breast screening?

April 1, 2022 Jane Rigney 0

This post was written by Charlotte Kelley Jones. Charlotte is a postgraduate research (PGR) student within the Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine and School […]