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How can we monitor improvements in early diagnosis?

July 8, 2022 Jane Rigney 0

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 […]

CERVICAL SCREENING AWARENESS WEEK: Enjoy a scroll through our year!

June 24, 2022 Jane Rigney 0

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

June 10, 2022 Jane Rigney 0

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.”

September 13, 2021 Peter Sasieni 0

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

April 9, 2020 Jane Rigney 0

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?

September 20, 2019 Peter Sasieni 0

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 […]

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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 […]

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 […]

What is cancer screening?

January 18, 2019 Shama Sheikh 4

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?

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 […]

The breast screening scandal: Part 1 – why did it happen?

May 18, 2018 Peter Sasieni 2

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 […]

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