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 […]
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How important is cervical screening for gay & bisexual women?
Challenges in accessing healthcare and generally poorer experiences of primary or cancer care among sexual minority cisgender women* remain important health issues. Cervical cancer risk […]
Cervical cancer screening for women aged 65 and older: is it justified?
A couple of years ago we wrote a blog piece explaining why in most countries women aged 65 and over do not receive invitations for […]
Cervical Screening Self-sampling – a game changer
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 over […]
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 […]
How do we transform cervical cancer screening for the transgender population?
Dr Alison May Berner is a Specialist Trainee and Academic Clinical Fellow in Medical Oncology and part-time Speciality Registrar in Gender Medicine at Barts Cancer […]
Five minutes with: Dr Mona Saraiya
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 […]
Finding the optimal HPV test for primary screening and triage in Latin America
In this blog, we speak to Dr Maribel Almonte Pacheco, Prevention and Implementation Group Head at IARC. Dr Almonte is the chief investigator on the […]
Over 99.5% of young women survive following a diagnosis of IA cervical cancer
The earliest stage of cervical cancer (known as micro-invasive or stage IA) is treated with minimally-invasive fertility-preserving surgery, often as an outpatient. In fact, very […]
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 […]
Global Perspectives on Screening: Sub-Saharan Africa
Changing burdens of disease When we discuss the burden of disease in regions such as Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), our mind immediately jumps to examples such […]