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 […]
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Artificial Intelligence in breast cancer screening – part 4: personalising screening
In the final of our posts regarding the recent major international evaluation of AI in breast cancer screening, we consider how AI could be used […]
Artificial Intelligence in breast cancer screening – part 3: implications for the UK
In the third of our posts regarding the recent major international evaluation of AI in breast cancer screening, we consider what might be the implications […]
Artificial Intelligence in breast cancer screening – part 2: international differences
Previously we reported on a major study evaluating AI as a tool to identify breast cancer on mammography. The results were impressive. In the UK, […]
Artificial Intelligence in breast cancer screening – part 1: are computers developing 20/20 vision?
Despite many technological advances in mammographic imaging over the last century, breast cancer screening is largely the same as it was when first studied 60 […]
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 […]
Screening iconoclasm series: Is it time for cancer screening to become non-binary?
In our final iconoclasm series post, Peter Sasieni explores the merits of making cancer screening non-binary. The classic paradigm for diagnostic testing and medical screening […]
Screening iconoclasm series: Could you be more specific about what you mean by specificity?
In this post, Peter Sasieni argues that it is time to be more specific about our definitions of specificity and false positive tests. How will […]
From theory to practice: HPV testing in cervical screening really does work!
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
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 […]