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Towards cervical cancer elimination: DNA methylation as a triage strategy

October 21, 2020 Guest Author 0

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?

October 9, 2020 Guest Author 0

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

September 18, 2020 Guest Author 0

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

September 11, 2020 Guest Author 0

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

September 4, 2020 Alejandra Castanon 0

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

January 20, 2020 Guest Author 0

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

November 18, 2019 Jamie Doorbar 0

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 […]

Sisters are doin’ it for themselves

June 21, 2019 Anita Lim 1

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 […]

Why don’t women receive invitations to cervical screening after they turn 65?

April 26, 2019 Peter Sasieni 1

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 […]

From theory to practice: HPV testing in cervical screening really does work!

February 7, 2019 Alejandra Castanon 4

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 […]

Screening iconoclasm series: Don’t be overly sensitive about sensitivity

January 25, 2019 Peter Sasieni 2

In this post, Peter Sasieni argues that sensitivity is over-rated. It is the first of a series of posts on “Screening Iconoclasm” in which we […]

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