The NHS Cervical Screening Programme is based on sound research evidence. The following trials have been set up to address some of the issues around cervical screening:
- The Impact of Cervical Screening on Young Women: A Critical Review of the Literature
- Cervical screening in lesbian and bisexual women: a literature review
- Attitudes of Black and Minority Ethnic Women
- A comparison of automated technology and manual cervical screening (MAVARIC)
- ARTISTIC trial
- TOMBOLA study
These research studies have already reported and evidence from them is being used to inform the programme:
- Benefit of cervical screening at different ages: evidence from the UK audit of screening histories (Sasieni et al 2003).
- The cervical cancer epidemic that screening has prevented in the UK (Peto et al 2004)
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