NHS Lanarkshire is urging people to attend their smear test appointments. This comes as part of Cervical Cancer Awareness Month with Cervical Cancer Prevention Week running from January 21 to 28. They ...
Women who are overdue for cervical cancer screening are most likely to participate in screening when a self-sampling kit is offered by a healthcare professional as part of routine GP appointments, ...
Women aged 25 to 49 who test negative for human papillomavirus (HPV) will be invited to cervical screening every five years instead of every three, under new NHS guidelines. The change, set to take ...
From July, women in England aged 25-49 who test negative for human papillomavirus (HPV) will be invited for cervical screening every 5 years instead of every 3 years. NHS England said the updated ...
A “HOLY grail” blood test can pick up cancer cases with 84 per cent accuracy – even among patients who have been falsely ...
BRITS are delaying seeking treatment for cancer due to long NHS waiting times – even if they have symptoms, according to a study. The study of 2,000 adults found 29 per cent have put off ...
The number of women having cervical screenings has reached a 20-year low, with one in four failing to attend their appointment. But with two women dying every day from cervical cancer in the UK - and ...
This in and of itself has serious implications for women and people with cervixes, who may already be concerned about their health. However to compound the situation, it appears that scammers are ...
Changes to the cervical cancer screening programme in England, Scotland, and Wales is likely to result in a higher number of people being diagnosed with the HPV virus. As the BBC reports, summer 2020 ...
Many refugee women emigrate from countries with high cervical cancer incidence rates and have low rates of cervical cancer screening both before and after resettlement. Refugee women face many ...