Season 4, #20: Dr Thomas Ind: Cervical cancer: screening, HPV and prevention

[upbeat music] Hi, I'm Joyce Harper, and I want to welcome you to season four of my podcast, Why Didn't Anyone Tell Me This? Together with expert guests and those with lived experiences, we will give you some tools to empower you to live a life of good health and happiness.

[upbeat music] Welcome to the first in the podcast mini-series about gynecological cancers.

And I must first give a introduction to the Eve Appeal, who are the most fantastic charity that do brilliant work in the area of gynecological cancers.

They raise awareness, they sponsor research.

Please go to their website if you need any further information about any of the gynecological cancers in the up-and-coming podcasts.

But today we're going to speak to Dr. Thomas Ind about cervical cancer, screening, HPV, and prevention.

And Tom is a consultant gynecological oncologist, and one, is one of the senior gynecological oncology surgeons in the country.

It was so great to talk to him.

I learnt a lot about cervical cancer during our discussion, and it really is a success story.

With HPV vaccination and smear tests, we have seriously reduced the amount of deaths by cerv- cervical cancer in the UK.

And it was really interesting to hear how this has changed over Tom's career.

And you must stay on till the end.

Tom gave one of the very best answers I have ever had to my fun questions at the end of my podcast, which was what makes him happy and where is his happy place.

Enjoy.

Welcome, Tom.

Well, tha- thank you, Joyce.

It's g- it's great to be here.