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  2. 'My first cervical screening was over before I knew it' - AOL

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    NHS England has promised to eliminate cervical cancer by 2040. Women aged 25-49 are encouraged to have a screening every three years, while women aged 50-64 should have one every five years.

  3. Cervical screening knowledge gap 'costing lives' - AOL

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    The screening, which tests for the presence of human papillomavirus (HPV) - the virus that causes cervical cancer - is offered by the NHS to all women and people with a cervix aged between 25 and 64.

  4. ‘Game-changer’ DIY cervical screening test could be rolled ...

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    The test works by detecting human papillomavirus (HPV), a group of viruses which cause no symptoms but which can lead to cervical cancer. About 13 high-risk types of HPV are known to cause 99.7% ...

  5. Cervical screening - Wikipedia

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    Cervical cancer screening is a medical screening test designed to identify risk of cervical cancer. Cervical screening may involve looking for viral DNA, and/or to identify abnormal, potentially precancerous cells within the cervix as well as cells that have progressed to early stages of cervical cancer .

  6. Pap test - Wikipedia

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    The Papanicolaou test (abbreviated as Pap test, also known as Pap smear (AE), [1] cervical smear (BE), cervical screening (BE), [2] or smear test (BE)) is a method of cervical screening used to detect potentially precancerous and cancerous processes in the cervix (opening of the uterus or womb) or, more rarely, anus (in both men and women). [3]

  7. Cervical cancer - Wikipedia

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    Cervical cancer is the 12th-most common cancer in women in the UK (around 3,100 women were diagnosed with the disease in 2011) and accounts for 1% of cancer deaths (around 920 died in 2012). [152] With a 42% reduction from 1988 to 1997, the NHS-implemented screening programme has been highly successful, screening the highest-risk age group (25 ...

  8. A third of women don’t go to their cervical screenings - here ...

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    The Eve Appeal’s research comes as NHS England aims to eliminate cervical cancer by 2040 through cervical screening, which is thought to save around 5,000 lives per year in the UK, and the HPV ...

  9. Human papillomavirus infection - Wikipedia

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    Cervical cancer is among the most common cancers worldwide, causing an estimated 604,000 new cases and 342,000 deaths in 2020. [1] About 90% of these new cases and deaths of cervical cancer occurred in low- and middle-income countries, where screening tests and treatment of early cervical cell changes are not readily available. [1]