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FDA greenlights self-collection of vaginal samples for cervical cancer screening

Instead of a traditional speculum-involved pelvic exam to screen for cervical cancer, the US Food and Drug Administration has given the go-ahead for patients to have the option to collect their own ...
STAT

HPV self-collection tests must be approved for use at home

Mitchell is an associate professor at the University of Virginia and an NIH-funded nurse scientist. Kueter, a former health journalist and public radio reporter, works as a magazine editor at UVA ...
AOL

Cervical Cancer Screening Includes New Self-Collection Method for HPV Testing

New cervical cancer screening guidelines from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force include self-collection of HPV samples for females starting at age 30. Anchiy/Getty Images Cervical cancer ...
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Why your next trip to the gyno might be different: There’s an alternative to Pap smears

The first shipments of some self-collection HPV tests for cervical cancer screening are currently on their way to doctors’ offices across the United States. In May, the US Food and Drug Administration ...