Smear tests not saving lives - Although women are pressurized to have a cervical smear test, a major new official study shows it is ineffective. ...

Smear tests: expensive errors - Women have had another salutary reminder that, despite what doctors and the government like to pretend, the cervical smear test is a far from foolproo...

Cervical smears - Double-check this inaccurate test - If you’re a woman, your GP or gynaecologist undoubtedly press-gangs you into having a Pap smear test periodically to screen against cervical cancer....

Volume 1 / Issue 3 - Jun 1990 - The Effectiveness of the of the Cervical Smear Test -

Screening: false alarms - A decided lack of standards in the cervical cancer screening programme is responsible for many false diagnoses of cancer, announced the National Audit...

What doctors read - The National Cervical Screening programme, the programme that was going to reduce the number of women dying from cervical cancer, is still not really...

Smear tests: new guidelines - Women whose cervical smears turn up mild abnormalities should not have invasive investigations, according to guidelines recently drawn up by a worksho...

Prostate cancer: wait and see - The idea of "watchful waiting" as a method of dealing with prostate cancer has gained more ground following a study in Sweden, which has the world's f...