Asking questions about screening inequalities

Survey results will hopefully help focus future screening inequalities research where it is needed most.
Survey results will hopefully help focus future screening inequalities research where it is needed most.
Dr Jessica Lloyd and Dr Sowmiya Moorthie, of Cancer Research UK, discuss multi-cancer tests, their potential use in screening, their challenges and uncertainties.
How much do you know about the UK National Screening Committee?
Screening identifies apparently healthy people who may be at increased risk of a disease or condition, enabling earlier treatment or informed decisions. National population screening programmes are implemented on the advice of the UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC), which makes independent, evidence-based recommendations to …
An article to get you thinking about screening, and its balance of risks and benefits.
A team of clinicians and experts from Norway visited England to learn about the NHS Lung Cancer 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.
The UK NSC has opened a consultation on the latest evidence relating to population screening for dementia.
The National Institute for Health and Care Research has advertised the research call for the in-service evaluation of newborn screening for spinal muscular atrophy.
The UK NSC this summer plans to share its review of the latest evidence on whether women with dense breasts should be offered additional breast screening imaging tests.