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Affected by cervical cancer?

Diagnosis, staging, treatment, side effects and life after cancer...

Received abnormal screening results?

Abnormal results, HPV testing, colposcopy and treatment...

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Cervical screening (smear test), what to expect and who's invited...

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How HPV is transmitted, testing and its link with cervical cancer...

Moving forward from diagnosis

Finding a new normal, early menopause and HRT, sex and intimacy and cancer recurrence…

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Best practice guidelines, relevant links and professional development…

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Deepa's story

I had lower back ache, which I'd put down to my body recovering after giving up breastfeeding. I also started to suffer irregular bleeding in-between periods – which I thought was just hormones.

Lisa's story

Being my fourth regular screening, I had no reason to worry, but then I stopped. The bottom half of the letter is what I saw first - the words 'colposcopy' and 'cancer screening' stood out at me. "WHAT??!"