Women to trial ‘do-it-at-home’ smear tests for NHS
[unable to retrieve full-text content]The swab checks can help spot early signs of cervical cancer. BBC News – Health
[unable to retrieve full-text content]The swab checks can help spot early signs of cervical cancer. BBC News – Health
More than 3,000 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer in the UK each year, and almost 1,000 lose their lives to the killer disease – yet it is 99.8 per cent preventable with regular screening. Big Brother star Jade Goody’s death at 27 in 2009 led to a surge in women having smear tests. But… Read More »
Some Australian women are unaware Pap smear guidelines have changed. December 2017 saw the Pap test being replaced with the Cervical Screening Test in an effort to combat cervical cancer. Eight-hundred-and-ninety-eight new cases of cervical cancer were diagnosed in Australia in 2014, and one in 167 women will be diagnosed with cervical cancer by the age… Read More »