Description
In recent years death rates from cervical cancer have been falling in the UK at a rate of 7%/year prior to the introduction of the 1988 NHS Cervical Screening Programme. Since the introduction of population based screening, death rates have fallen even further. Despite this good news, 2,500 women still die from their disease each year and annually there are still 1,500 new cases. How can we improve the outlook even further for these women? Clearly all aspects of the disease can be scrutinised from prevention with cervical screening, to improvements in imaging, surgery, chemo-irradiation and, most recently, the development of multidisciplinary teams.
