Part 1: Dispelling myths about HPV self-collection in cervical screening

• Women suitable for self-collected testing and those where a conventional test may be indicated
• The reliability and sensitivity of self-collected cervical screening tests and the evidence behind their recommendation as an option for Australian women
• How to manage an unsatisfactory report on a self-collected cervical screening test
• The practicalities of offering self-collected cervical screening tests in a practice/service

Host: Dr Terri Foran, Medical Educator

Expert: Prof Marion Saville AM, Executive Director and Public Officer

Recommended resources:

• The Australian Centre for the Prevention of Cervical Cancer (ACPCC)
• Information for practitioners on self collected testing
• Information on self collected testing- Resources and Toolkit
• Cervical screening and self-collection: Resource hub for healthcare providers
• National Cervical Screening Program Quick Reference Guide
• Cervical Screening: Supporting your patients to make the choice
• Patient how-to guide (English)
• Also available in 20 languages in the “Do you work with CALD patients” section of our resource hub
• Detecting cervical precancer and reaching underscreened women by using HPV testing on self samples: updated meta-analyses | The BMJ. This journal article explaining how self-collection is as sensitive for the detection ofCIN2+, adenocarcinoma in situ, and oncogenic HPV as clinician-collected samples.

Part 2: When to suspect & how to investigate for ovarian cancer

• The features of the fairly ‘non-specific’ symptoms of ovarian cancer which might prompt further investigation
• The role of CA125 in the investigation of ovarian cancer
• The role of ultrasound in the investigation of ovarian cancer

Host: Dr Terri Foran, Medical Educator

Expert: Dr Geraldine Goss, Medical Oncologist; Secretary of the Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation

Recommended resources:

• Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation
• Ovarian Cancer Australia
• Counterpart
• Cancer Council of Australia
• Royal Hospital for Women – Ovarian Cancer Factsheets
• eviQ: A free resource of evidence-based, consensus driven cancer treatment protocols and information for use at the point of care