Fewer Women Than Ever Before Need Their Cervical Screening Test Repeated, UK

Fewer women than ever before are having to give a repeat cervical screening sample because the first proved inadequate; a new report from The NHS Information Centre shows today. Less than 100,000 women had to have a repeat screening in 2007-08, with the rate of inadequate screening samples now at its lowest level ever (2.9 per cent). The fall is largely attributable to the introduction of liquid based cytology (LBC) as a method of taking samples.

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Filed under: Cervical Cancer on October 29th, 2008