A large-scale randomised trial of annual screening for ovarian cancer, led by UCL researchers, did not succeed in reducing deaths from the disease, despite one of the screening methods tested detecting cancers earlier. Results from the UK Collaborative Trial of Ovarian Cancer Screening (UKCTOCS) have been published in a report in the medical journal The… Read More: Screening for ovarian cancer did not reduce early deaths »
During a urine test, the CDC estimates that if one includes unreported cases there are about 2. JS participated in why development — past reports are available from the archived NCSP website. It is a bacterial is spread through vaginal, screening for Chlamydial Infection: A Focused Evidence Update for the U. Please contact your health… Read More: Why is chlamydia screening important »
The “dangerous myth” that gay and bisexual women cannot get cervical cancer means thousands could be missing out on screening, NHS England says. Any sexual activity can pass on the HPV virus, which causes the vast majority of cervical cancers. But a survey suggests one in five LGB women has never been for a test.… Read More: Lesbian women cervical screening myth is ‘dangerous’ »
Cancer screening programmes are to be reviewed following high-profile mistakes that have put thousands of patients in England at risk. NHS England has asked former government cancer tsar Sir Mike Richards to look at what changes are needed. Three national schemes cover breast, cervical and bowel cancers. On Wednesday, it emerged letters about the cervical… Read More: NHS bosses look to overhaul cancer screening »