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In the UK, 1 in 4 people invited for a smear test don’t go to their appointment.

The move comes during Cervical Screening Awareness Week, from June 20 to 26, which urges more women to have a smear test.

In an amazing twist of fate, the aggressive cervical cancer tumor that killed Henrietta Lacks, a 31-year old African American mother, became an essential tool that helped the biomedical field flourish in the 20th century. As a cancer researcher who uses HeLa cells in my everyday work, even I sometimes…

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At the QE in Gateshead, a state-of-the-art lab carries out millions of vital tests each year.

Where should investment be made today in order to save the maximum number of lives from cancer tomorrow? That is the underlying principle behind the “cancer groundshot” philosophy.

Following years of failing to attend routine smear tests, the Czech-born mum-of-one has confessed to being furious with herself for putting off the life-saving screening for so long and has recently undergone surgery to remove pre-cancerous cells from her cervix

having complained of heavy, irregular and abnormal bleeding, the 28-year-old has now lost her fertility