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“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 […]

Towards cervical cancer elimination: DNA methylation as a triage strategy

October 21, 2020 Jane Rigney 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 […]

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 […]

Artificial Intelligence in breast cancer screening – part 4: personalising screening

January 23, 2020 Peter Sasieni 0

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

January 15, 2020 Peter Sasieni 0

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 […]

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Artificial Intelligence in breast cancer screening – part 2: international differences

January 8, 2020 Peter Sasieni 0

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?

January 1, 2020 Peter Sasieni 1

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?

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 […]

Screening iconoclasm series: Is it time for cancer screening to become non-binary?

March 22, 2019 Peter Sasieni 0

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?

March 15, 2019 Peter Sasieni 0

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!

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 […]

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