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UK NSC recommends HPV self-sampling option for under-screened women in cervical screening programme

UK NSC recommends HPV self-sampling option for under-screened women in cervical screening programme

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.

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Attending master’s level module has expanded and deepened my understanding of screening

Posted by: Hope Walters, Posted on: 21 February 2025 - Categories: General

Cancer Research UK Strategic Evidence Manager Hope Walters talks about her experience of attending the Health Screening Module at the University of Warwick.

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Experts discuss the challenges of using surrogate endpoints in cancer screening

Posted by: Prof Bethany Shinkins, Samantha Harrison and Hope Walters, Posted on: 19 February 2025 - Categories: General

Experts discussed the potential role and challenges of surrogate endpoints in cancer screening in a webinar hosted by Cancer Research UK and Consilium Scientific.

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The Generation Study: exploring genome sequencing in newborns

Posted by: Amanda Pichini, Posted on: 12 February 2025 - Categories: General

Amanda Pichini, Clinical Director at Genomics England, explains how the Generation Study hopes to provide evidence to inform future screening approaches.

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Targeted Lung Health Check Programme renamed the NHS Lung Cancer Screening Programme

Posted by: Charlotte Smith, Posted on: 31 January 2025 - Categories: General

From 1 February 2025, the NHS Targeted Lung Health Check (TLHC) Programme will be known as the NHS Lung Cancer Screening Programme.

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2021 to 2022 data from England underlines huge impact of national NHS screening programmes

Posted by: Sophie Mitra, Posted on: 30 January 2025 - Categories: General

The importance of the NHS screening programmes to the public’s health is underlined in a high level summary of data from the NHS Screening Programmes in England for the screening year 2021 to 2022.

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Sign up for UK NSC online seminar on multi-cancer detection tests

Posted by: TJ Day, Posted on: 24 January 2025 - Categories: General

The UK NSC is holding an online seminar on 27 February, focusing on multi-cancer tests. Sign up now.

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New screening masterclass dates announced

Posted by: Jo Harcombe, Posted on: 17 January 2025 - Categories: General

The UK NSC has announced 2 new dates for its popular screening masterclass, one in May and one in July.

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UK NSC meeting welcomes findings of review into effectiveness of AAA screening in the UK

Posted by: Mike Harris, Posted on: 16 January 2025 - Categories: General

Minutes published of UK NSC meeting held on 21 November 2024.

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NHS England starts detailed implementation planning for tyrosinaemia screening

Posted by: Miranda Lawton and Jane Hibbert, Posted on: 18 December 2024 - Categories: General

Detailed planning work under way for implementation of newborn screening for tyrosinaemia in England.

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SMA ISE partnership board updated on very useful modelling study workshop

Posted by: Mike Harris, Posted on: 10 December 2024 - Categories: General, Newborn Blood Spot Screening

The latest meeting of the SMA Screening In-service evaluation Partnership Board heard that interim results of a new modelling study into SMA screening for the UK context had been presented to a stakeholder workshop.

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