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 woman whose grandmother and mother both had cervical cancer has called for the reversal of recent changes lengthening the interval between screenings. Gemma Barley, 34, had to undergo a biopsy in ...
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 ...
As part of the government's 10 Year Health Plan, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has announced that home testing kits for human papillomavirus (HPV) will now be offered as an ...
During Cervical Cancer Awareness Week, NewsMedical spoke with Tim Simpson, General Manager for the UK and Ireland at Hologic, a leader in women's health technology. Hologic is renowned for pioneering ...
An at-home cervical-screening test could encourage about 400,000 more women to be screened for the disease every year if adopted by the NHS. Researchers at King's College London have conducted a 'game ...
High-income countries are on track to eliminate cervical cancer - once a leading cause of cancer death for women in the UK - ...
Nearly one in three women and other people with a cervix in the UK don’t attend their cervical screening when invited. Yet this quick, routine test helps prevent up to 70% of cervical cancer deaths by ...