Browsing All Posts filed under »Science Journalism MA Project«

To think about, even if not infected

June 1, 2011

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“Until I had an abnormal smear test I never thought much about the screening programme.” So far I have received many emails from readers of this project. Experts have shared their knowledge and research, whilst patients have shared their experience. All patients who have contacted me have had some kind of personal experience related to […]

The key cervical cancer questions

April 4, 2011

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These are some of the main questions I aim to investigate: What is the incidence of false positives and unnecessary treatment for cervical cancer? What is the difference between the Gardasil and the Cervarix vaccines? Should men be vaccinated? Are there any cervical screening programmes running in Africa? Is it cost effective to run screening […]

Opening the discussion

February 25, 2011

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The Cancer-Screening project is now open to your thoughts. Whether you want to comment on my interviews with experts, to ask questions about the presented data or to share your own experiences, make sure you write it down. If you would rather not write your comments in English, you can do it either in Portuguese, […]

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