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Five minutes with: Dr Mona Saraiya

September 18, 2020 Jane Rigney 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 […]

Five minutes with: Professor Patti Gravitt

May 29, 2020 Jane Rigney 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 […]

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 […]

10 must read papers from the last year

May 17, 2019 Alejandra Castanon 0

We are celebrating our first-year anniversary! We hope you have enjoyed our blog thus far. To celebrate we thought we would highlight ten (18 but […]

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Cervical Cancer: The Epidemic that never was!

February 8, 2019 Peter Sasieni 2

Trying to say what would have happened is difficult. Alternate history is a type of fiction that explores what might have happened if a particular […]

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 […]

Does the quality and type of screening test matter when determining safe intervals between cervical screening tests?

December 20, 2018 Peter Sasieni 2

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 […]

Cervical Screening Programme change in Wales: what has Cervical Screening Wales done about it?

August 29, 2018 Jane Rigney 3

Guest blog post by: Dr Simon Leeson (NHS Wales) On Monday 17th September, Wales will become the first nation in the UK to fully convert its cervical […]

Further evidence of the success of the National HPV Immunisation programme in England

August 7, 2018 Jane Rigney 5

Guest blog post by: David Mesher, Public Health England The National HPV Immunisation Programme The National HPV Immunisation Programme was introduced in England in 2008, […]

Rates of cervical cancer in women aged 20-24 in England seen to double – should we be worried?

June 8, 2018 Alejandra Castanon 2

The HPV virus causes most cases of cervical cancer. This is why an HPV vaccination programme for girls aged 12 to 13 started in 2008. […]

Is it safe to export cancer screening?

May 23, 2018 Peter Sasieni 1

A woman in the Republic of Ireland, Vicky Phelan, recently settled with a laboratory in America receiving $2.5million compensation for them missing abnormalities on her […]

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