Cervical cancer has attracted much media coverage in recent years, largely because of Jade Goody’s sad death from the disease – but have we learned enough?  In the run up to Cervical Screening Awareness Week in June, 20% of women in the UK still fail to attend cervical screening when invited.
Cervical Screening Awareness Week press release

My Story by Rebecca Brown

CERVICAL SCREENING QandA

A lot can be done to prevent cervical cancer

Immediately after Jade’s death there was a rise in the number of women attending screening but this number is now falling again.

Each year in the UK 2,900 new cases of cervical cancer are diagnosed and more than half of these are in women under the age of 50. Although very rare in women under...