Breast screening units – the Sloane Project needs you
Breast screening units we need you. Please take part in the latest Sloane audit.
Making sure the UK NSC keeps recommendations up to date
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General information, UK National Screening Committee
The UK National Screening Committee evidence team is trialling a new approach to make the process of reviewing evidence for screening more efficient.
Fascinating research presented at national AAA screening event
Find out what was discussed at the fourth national AAA screening research day event in Newcastle.
PHE support for research into how AAAs develop
Support from Public Health England screening is helping medical researchers from the University of Leicester identify treatments which could potentially be used to reduce the numbers of men with life-threatening abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) needing surgery. The research, funded by …
HPV primary cervical screening pilot report published in BMJ
In 2013, 6 labs in England began looking for HPV first to see if this new test could be used in the cervical screening programme. The results from this pilot have now been published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ).
Support of bowel cancer screening programme crucial to fish oil trial
If you work in bowel cancer screening you may have recently read about a trial I led about treatment options for people at higher risk of bowel cancer. The name of the trial is certainly one you can't forget. We named it …
Cervical screening HPV test result research
A positive HPV test result has the potential to cause anxiety. This blog is about research taking place into how women feel about receiving such a result.
Free access to British Journal of Radiology collection on role of imaging in screening
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General information, NHS Breast Screening Programme
The British Journal of Radiology has published a collection of articles covering the role of imaging in screening.
Much for screening to be proud of on World AIDS Day
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NHS Infectious Diseases in Pregnancy Screening Programme
The National Study of HIV in Pregnancy and Childhood is pleased to report that the HIV vertical transmission rate among diagnosed women receiving antenatal care in the UK and Ireland remained below 0.3% between 1 April 2015 and 31 March 2016.
What are the most important questions for bowel cancer screening research?
Today, we launch a consultation exercise to ask health researchers and the public to submit their ideas for the most important research topics we should be considering in bowel cancer screening.