• Health & Medicine

Call for cervical cancer screening programme to be introduced in Ireland

Death rates from cervical cancer in the Republic of Ireland exceed those in all other regions in Britain and Northern Ireland because there is no national screening programme, claims a new report published in the British Journal of Cancer1. Death rates from cervical cancer in the Republic of Ireland exceed those in all other regions in Britain and Northern Ireland because there is no national screening programme, claims a new report published in the British Journal of Cancer1.

16 November 2004

• Health & Medicine

Cervical screening has saved 100,000 lives

The cervical screening programme has saved Britain from an epidemic of cervical cancer. The cervical screening programme has saved Britain from an epidemic of cervical cancer.

15 July 2004

• Health & Medicine

Cancer Research N. Ireland urges more women to attend cervical screening

New figures reveal that the number of women screened for cervical cancer in Northern Ireland falls well below target levels. New figures reveal that the number of women screened for cervical cancer in Northern Ireland falls well below target levels.

8 April 2004

• Health & Medicine

Modernising the NHS cervical screening programme

Today, at the Britain Against Cancer conference, the NHS Cervical Screening Programme announces the introduction of liquid based cytology (LBC) and a change in national policy. Today, at the Britain Against Cancer conference, the NHS Cervical Screening Programme announces the introduction of liquid based cytology (LBC) and a change in national policy.

22 October 2003

• Health & Medicine

Cervical screening - who should have it and how often?

All women aged between 25 and 49 should be offered cervical screening every three years, but five years is regular enough for women aged 50 to 64, according to a new report from Cancer Research UK. All women aged between 25 and 49 should be offered cervical screening every three years, but five years is regular enough for women aged 50 to 64, according to a new report from Cancer Research UK.

1 July 2003