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Few things are more devastating than a cancer diagnosis, shares Maria Caulfield, minister for women's health. She should know - she's worked on a cancer

A new project using an at-home test to detect Human papillomavirus (HPV) is being trialed in Hull and Manchester, thanks to £1.5 million funding from the charity Yorkshire Cancer Research.

A new project using an at-home test to detect Human papillomavirus (HPV) is being trialed in Hull and Manchester, thanks to £1.5 million funding from the charity Yorkshire Cancer Research.

There are concerns increasing numbers of women missing cervical cancer screening could negate diagnostic accuracy improvements.

Researchers from Innsbruck University, Austria, found DNA changes in a womans cervix can give warning signs of tumours elsewhere in the body.

The mother of an aspiring Portsmouth model who died of cervical cancer at 27 after a doctor mistook her symptoms for hormones told him today You robbed us of the opportunity to say bye.

In the year up to March 2021, just seven in 10 eligible women in England were screened for abnormalities in their cervix that can lead to cancer, dropping two per cent on the previous year.

There was a decrease in the number of women having tests in 2020/21.

Latest annual figures on cervical screening show the number of individuals being tested fell slightly in 2020-21 compared to the previous year.

Foyle MLA says testing for human papillomavirus is "the most accurate and sensitive way to determine which women are at high risk of developing cervical ca...