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New Cervical Cancer Screening Guidelines Include At-Home HPV Tests. Here's What Docs Think of Them

Self-swab HPV tests provide a simple way to catch early warning signs of cervical cancer in or away from a doctor's office.
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Women are celebrating at-home cervical cancer screening, but might it lead them to get fewer checkups?

The guidelines, published Jan. 5 by the Health Resources and Services Administration, now recommend that average-risk women ...

An easy at-home test to replace Pap smears is here—and will soon be fully covered by most insurance

While the Pap was invented in the 1940s and involves inspecting cervical cells for precancerous or cancerous shifts, in the ...

New federal screening guidance expands cervical cancer testing with an at-home HPV option

A major update to federal women’s health preventive guidance will make it easier for women to get screened for cervical ...

The FDA has approved an at-home HPV test. What you need to know

New federal guidance is expanding testing for cervical cancer with a self-collection method. Dr. Mara Gordon speaks to NPR about why this option might become popular for screening for HPV.

Quebec moves from pap tests to more sensitive HPV screening in effort to catch cancer early

Quebec is replacing pap tests with a more sensitive human papillomavirus test to detect cervical cancer earlier. The rollout ...

Women urged not to miss their smear tests

Women are being urged not to ignore cervical screening invitations as the average number of people being tested in ...

South East women urged to attend cervical screening tests

The NHS cervical screening test checks for high-risk HPV, which can cause abnormal changes in cervical cells that may develop into cancer if ...

Vaccination and screening target cervical cancer

Doctors are urging people to be screened and vaccinated in a bid to eliminate cervical cancer by 2040. NHS England South West ...