World Cancer Day: Inequality will prevent elimination of cervical cancer
By Professor Albert Singer Cervical cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in women in more than 40 countries. The prospect of cervical cancer becoming a rare disease is one of the most exciting things after having spent more than 50 years treating and...
The clear case for self-collection in cervical cancer screening
The number of cervical screening appointments cancelled or unattended in the UK during the pandemic is staggering. The Eve Appeal and Jo’s Cancer Trust have done a great job raising awareness of the importance of screening and trying to help address the underlying...
The fight against cervical cancer and HPV in the Pandemic
Professor Albert Singer With the present pandemic it is said that life will never be the same again, and this will apply to many things in our present life. For those concerned with eliminating cervical cancer, the effect of resources being diverted to the COVID-19...
There are urgent problems with HPV vaccination and screening
By Professor Albert Singer In my last blog I discussed the possibility of cervical cancer becoming a rare disease in certain countries. Part of this remarkable happening has been the introduction of the HPV vaccine, in certain countries up to 80% of the...
A future where cervical cancer is a rare disease – for some…
By Professor Albert Singer One of the things which delights me most about having specialised in cervical cancer for more than 50 years is the prospect of it becoming a rare disease. After decades spent treating and counselling women whose lives and families...
Colposcopy in China: challenges for a new national society
A new star in the colposcopic firmament has arrived with the formation of the National Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology in China (CSCCP). The first meeting of this national society took place last week with 800 delegates at the Congress which lasted 3...
Simulation Colposcopy – a practical way to teach colposcopy
Students like practical ‘hands-on’ training not only in diagnosis but also in treatment. For diagnosis we have been using plastic simulation models which when looked at through the video colposcope, commonly used in India and the Middle East, appear as an exact...