Women overdue for vital cancer screening may be able to take ‘self-sample’

The new at-home test kits are meant to help ‘tackle deeply entrenched barriers’ stopping people from having this life-saving ...
Women's Health

DIY cervical cancer tests could be taken up by the NHS

An at-home cervical-screening test could encourage about 400,000 more women to be screened for the disease every year if adopted by the NHS. Researchers at King's College London have conducted a 'game ...

Vital cancer screening could be done at home as NHS rolls out 'self-sample'

The screening can be potentially life-saving but over five million women eligible for it are missing out ...
Yahoo

NHS urges people to use bowel cancer home testing kit: ‘Don’t put it off’

The NHS is urging millions of people in England who have been sent a home testing kit for bowel cancer to use it and return it. Every month, half a million free Faecal Immunichemical Test kits (FIT) ...
Phgfoundation

Why context matters in health testing: beyond the “self-test” kit

The BMJ reviewed research on health test kits sold in UK supermarkets and uncovered some deeply concerning gaps. Unlike routine diagnostic tests and assays used in clinical practice and prescribed ...