Cervical screening is a way of preventing cervical cancer. It is not a test for cancer. It tests for a virus called human papillomavirus (HPV).| www.cancerresearchuk.org
For some types of cancer screening, your sex assigned at birth, hormones or surgeries you may have had, will be relevant.| Cancer Research UK
The UK NSC has recommended that women who never or rarely attend their routine cervical screening appointments could be offered a self-sampling test option.| UK National Screening Committee
We explain NHS England's move to invite people for cervical screening every five years instead of every three years.| Cancer Research UK - Cancer News
Introduction Cervical cancer leads to approximately 685 deaths a year in England and most cervical cancer cases (99.8%) are caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV) virus. By increasing equitable uptake of both HPV vaccination, which protects against most forms of the virus, and cervical screening, which checks for high-risk HPV, we can make cervical cancer […]| www.england.nhs.uk
In this instalment of our Health Inequalities series, we take a look at some of the barriers that can make it harder for some people to access cancer screening.| Cancer Research UK - Cancer News
Cancer screening saves thousands of lives each year. Here are our top tips for making the screening process just a little bit easier.| Cancer Research UK - Cancer News