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Oct 18

Scotland, we are survivors!

A new 6 week Detect Cancer Early campaign, ‘Survivors’, launched across TV, radio and social media last month. It aims to reduce the fear that still exists around cancer and empower people to ‘act early’. The campaign directs people to visit getcheckedearly.org for more information on signs and symptoms to look ...

Jul 18

BeWEL – From Research to Practice

The BeWEL study (body weight and physical activity intervention in people with an adenoma detected through the national screening programme and a BMI>25 kg/m2 https://www.bmj.com/content/348/bmj.g1823.long) demonstrated a significant effect on weight loss, glucose control and blood pressure congruent with decreasing ...

Apr 18

Expert Insight

We asked Professor Callum G Fraser to share his expert insight on the recently rolled out Faecal Immunochemical Test (FIT). Callum set up the laboratory for the Scottish arm of the UK Colorectal Cancer Screening pilot and continued to direct the Scottish Bowel Screening Centre Laboratory until pilot screening rounds evolved to ...

Apr 18

To screen or not to screen with PSA alone?

By Prof Bob Steele, Co-director SCPN The recently published CAP study has a stark message – screening for prostate cancer using a single PSA test doesn’t work – it has no effect on mortality from the disease. This reinforces what we already know from previous trials. True, there is one European trial of repeated PSA ...

Oct 17

Scottish Breast Screening Programme Statistics 2015/16

John Quinn and Doug Clark, Information Services Division, NHS National Services Scotland The Scottish Breast Screening Programme began in 1988, attaining full coverage in Scotland by 1991. Women aged 50-70 are invited for routine screening once every three years. Women aged 71 and over are screened every three years on request, ...

Aug 17

Have you seen this campaign?

Every day a Dane dies of skin cancer or melanoma so earlier this year this campaign reached out to friends of Danes in holiday destinations across the world and asked them to help a Dane. If they saw a Dane in the sun without protection could they help by providing sunscreen, a hat, an umbrella […]

Aug 17

Improving the reach of Scotland’s cancer screening programmes

Nuala Healy, Organisational Lead – Screening and Immunisation, NHS Health Scotland There is increasing recognition of the inequalities which exist in cancer screening uptake (bowel, breast and cervical), with lower participation in the most deprived areas of Scotland. The 2016 Scottish Cancer Plan Beating Cancer: Ambition and ...

May 17

Scottish Bowel Screening Programme Statistics May 2014 – April 2016

by Andrew Deas, Information Services Division, NHS National Services Scotland The Information Services Division (ISD) of NHS National Services Scotland publish statistics relating to the Scottish Bowel Screening Programme twice per year. The most recent publication was released in February 2017 and covered the period May 2014 ...

May 17

CERVICA – Tayside’s smear guru for cervical screening

Dr Wendy McMullen, Cervical Cancer Lead, Dr Emma Fletcher, Specialty Registrar Public Health and Dr Kalpana Ragupathy, Lead Colposcopist, NHS Tayside The uptake of cervical screening is declining. In 2016 only 69% of Scottish women were up to date with their smears – the lowest level in ten years. Concurrently we are seeing ...

Mar 17

Expert Insight

Bob Steele, SCPN Co-director, Professor of Surgery at the University of Dundee and chair of the UK National Screening Committee The UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) advises ministers and the NHS in the four UK countries about all aspects of screening and supports implementation of screening programmes. In 2016, Prof ...

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