We can eliminate cervical cancer within a generation – Irish Cancer Society

Ireland’s health system must urgently move to a new primary form of cervical screening which, together with vaccination, has the potential to eliminate cervical cancer in Irish women within a generation, the Irish Cancer Society has said.

 The call was made at a special information event hosted by the Society and the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland which heard how the introduction of HPV testing as the country’s primary cervical screening method would: