January Newsletter - Cervical Health Awareness Month

Dear RUMS Review readers,

 We have just published our first edition of the year! The team has put together a beautifully written and designed magazine covering topics of great breadth – you are sure to find an article that intrigues you or resonates with you. Have a read online at rumsreview.com or pick up a hard copy edition in the Cruciform, Royal Free Student Hub, or Whittington Student Hub.

Upcoming

 1.        Spring edition

We are already getting started on our Spring edition! Keep any eye out for its publication date around April.

 Get in touch now if you want to be a part of the next edition! We have multiple teams you can join:

-              For the writers: Journalism or Medical School Reporting

-              For the editors: English 

-              For the artists: Design

 No previous experience or membership fee required.

2.        Podcast

We are restarting our dormant podcast! Our first episode will be released next term.

3.        Zine

We have extended the deadline! Keep submitting your art, poetry, and prose on the theme of ‘culture’ here. 

Reading list

January is Cervical Health Awareness Month.

We have chosen a selection of research articles, including on the very significant GCIG INTERLACE trial that is led by UCL and UCLH researchers. For a public health perspective of cervical health, have a read of the articles on the future of HPV self-sampling kits and how we can address the cervical cancer health gap.

1. Overview of cervical cancer awareness month - Macmillan Cancer Support
2. GCIG INTERLACE trial

• Cervical cancer survival increases with better use of existing drugs (UCL Oct 2024)
• The study: Induction chemotherapy followed by standard chemoradiotherapy versus standard chemoradiotherapy alone in patients with locally advanced cervical cancer (GCIG INTERLACE): an international, multicentre, randomise

3. New study shows continued high effectiveness of HPV vaccination in England (BMJ May 2024)

• The study: Effect of the HPV vaccination programme on incidence of cervical cancer and grade 3 cervical intraepithelial neoplasia by socioeconomic deprivation in England: population based observational study

4. Self-sampling HPV kits could screen an extra million people for cervical cancer (KCL July 2024)
5. 8 facts about bridging the cervical cancer health gap (World Economic Forum Oct 2024)

All the best,

The RUMS Review committee