The language around cervical screening & self-testing is confusing- we need clear and consistent language to increase uptake
Our Comms Officer, Lydia, clears up the confusion around self-sampling HPV tests and cervical screening
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Welcome to The Eve Appeal blog! We use this blog to challenge taboos and help raise awareness by hearing from those who have been affected by gynaecological cancers, the people who love them and the healthcare professionals and scientists who are working every day to improve the situation for women and people diagnosed with these diseases.
‘We hadn’t even heard of vaginal cancer before, and I only found out about it when I was being told that I had it.’
Laura blogs about being diagnosed with vaginal cancer just as the pandemic hit in 2020.
‘The tiny polyp that I had given no importance to had been womb cancer.’
Sandra blogs about her experience being diagnosed with womb cancer after having what was thought to be a polyp removed.
‘I am determined, I am persistent. I will use those traits to help as many people as I can.’
For World Cancer Day Dr Philippa Kaye blog about her experience with cancer & how she raises awareness of the disease.
‘It felt like I had lost my womanhood’
Zoe blogs about her experience of being diagnosed with Lichen Sclerosus and vulval cancer to raise awareness
‘I’m making sure I do all I can to not get a preventable disease.’
Phoebe blogs about her experience of cervical screening with health anxiety for cervical screening awareness week
Cervical Cancer Prevention Week: Nearly 1 in 3 women who didn’t go for screening were put off by covid.
Our Comms Officer, Lydia, blogs about cervical screening for Cervical Cancer Prevention Week.
Launched Today: Our Guide to Genetic Testing in Ovarian Cancer
Ask Eve's Tracie talks through genetic testing and answers some of your frequently asked questions in a video series.
Health NOT Hygiene – why talking about periods isn’t dirty
Eve CEO, Athena, blogs about the language around periods and why we need to make it about health and not hygiene.
Next piece of the puzzle found on how our ‘good’ bacteria help protect us against ovarian cancer
Eve research published today has found a causal link between 'good' bacteria in the vagina and the 'software' to our cells.