How can we monitor improvements in early diagnosis?
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 […]
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CERVICAL SCREENING AWARENESS WEEK: Enjoy a scroll through our year!
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
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 […]
“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 […]
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 […]
Which screening guidelines are woefully inadequate?
Following a high-profile article calling for a change in guidelines to make it easier for African Americans to be eligible for lung cancer screening, Prof […]
Cervical Cancer: The Epidemic that never was!
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 […]
Screening iconoclasm series: Don’t be overly sensitive about sensitivity
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 […]
What is cancer screening?
Cancer screening is never straight forward and can be confusing. We discuss some of the key concepts in cancer screening. You’ll find that we refer […]
Cervical Screening Programme change in Wales: what has Cervical Screening Wales done about it?
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 […]
The breast screening scandal: Part 1 – why did it happen?
The Secretary of State for Health, Jeremy Hunt, announced in the House of Commons that 450,00 women missed out on breast cancer screening invitations due to an […]