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 […]
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‘The tragedy of thousands who need not die’: A history of cervical screening in England Part I
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 […]
Building back better: How can cancer screening & prevention level up?
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the current government has committed to ‘building back better’ and ‘levelling up’ communities across the UK. These slogans […]
“Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. but it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.”
So said Winston Churchill in November 1942. He was of course talking about the Second World War. Today I am thinking about cancer. The launch […]
Engineering meets medicine: A toilet to monitor our health or ill-health.
This blog was written by Mairéad Lyons. Mairéad is a Senior Consultant to YouScreen the HPV Self-Sampling study. She has been working in healthcare for […]
A blood test to find over 50 cancers could be the future of early diagnosis
This blog was written by Mairéad Lyons. Mairéad is a Senior Consultant to YouScreen the HPV Self-Sampling study. She has been working in healthcare for […]
Equality and Equity in Cancer Screening: How can we personalise interventions and still be fair?
The classic American illustration explaining the difference between equity and equality is of three people trying to watch a baseball game from behind a fence. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Screening iconoclasm series: Are you putting too much value on positive predictive value?
If you read the previous blog from the screening iconoclast and know a little about screening, you might be thinking that the thing to do […]