From 1 February 2025, the NHS Targeted Lung Health Check (TLHC) Programme will be known as the NHS Lung Cancer Screening Programme.
More than 5,000 lung cancers have been detected since the launch of the Targeted Lung Health Check programme, which will become a national lung cancer screening programme.
The HPValidate study has published its final results and found that 4 combinations of HPV self-collection device and test worked well – these can now be used to help find out how self-sampling could be introduced into cervical screening.
A journal article has been published about a UK NSC workshop on risk stratification in breast screening.
Our latest UK NSC member profile focuses on Professor Chris Hyde.
The NHS Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) screening programme annual standards report for 2023 to 2024 has been published.
The SMA Screening In-service evaluation (ISE) Partnership Board held its latest meeting on 17 September, and received updates from partners, stakeholders and expert sub-groups.
UK NSC consultation opens into removal of dental disease in children from list of recommendations that are regularly reviewed.
Survey results will hopefully help focus future screening inequalities research where it is needed most.
We take a look back at a successful and busy first year for the UK NSC research and methodology group.
Dr Jessica Lloyd and Dr Sowmiya Moorthie, of Cancer Research UK, discuss multi-cancer tests, their potential use in screening, their challenges and uncertainties.