Source BioScience to support Cervical Cancer Prevention Week

Source BioScience has announced that it will be supporting Cervical Cancer Prevention Week, a Europe-wide awareness initiative led by the European Cervical Cancer Association.

To coincide with the event, the company has allied with the NHS Cervical Screening Programme (NHSCSP) and charities such as Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust and MacMillan Cancer Support to help educate patients on how to minimise their risk of developing the disease.

It is urging all eligible women to respond to their invitation for a cervical screening test in the hope of addressing the fact that 20 percent of UK women still do not attend cervical screening appointments.

Nick Ash, chief executive officer of Source BioScience, said: "We recognise the excellent work of organisations such as Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust and the NHSCSP in raising the awareness of this disease and the need for testing."

Source BioScience provides approximately 50 percent of all cervical cancer screening kits used by NHS Hospital Trusts and cytology laboratories in England and Wales.

Next month, the company will be hosting the next meeting of the East Midlands Infectious Disease Research Network Special Interest Group on February 13th 2013, which will focus on the topic of genomics.