A new recommendation from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force encourages women to consider self-collected samples for cervical cancer screening, aiming to increase participation and reduce the burden of the disease.
Earlier this year, U.S. regulators expanded the use of two HPV test kits to include self-collection. Studies show women and doctors take samples with similar accuracy.Women should have the option of taking their own test samples for cervical cancer screening, an influential health panel said Tuesday.from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force are aimed at getting more people screened and spreading the word that women can take their own vaginal samples to check for cancer-causing HPV.
Women in their 20s should still get a Pap test every three years. But after that — from age 30 to 65 — women can get an HPV test every five years, the panel said. And those HPV tests can be done with samples collected either by a doctor or by the patient herself in a mobile clinic or medical office. Women ages 30 to 65 can still opt for a Pap test done by a doctor every three years, or a Pap plus an HPV test every five years.“I’m very hopeful that self-collection will help even more women get screened and help us reduce even further the burden of cervical cancer among women,” said task force vice chair Dr. John Wong of Tufts University School of Medicine.Mammograms should start at 40 to address rising breast cancer rates at younger ages, new guidelines says HPV, or human papillomavirus, is very common and is spread through sex. Most HPV infections clear up on their own, but persistent infection can lead to cancer of the cervix. Most cervical cancers occur in women who are inadequately screened, diagnosed or treated. To collect a sample, a swab or brush from the kit is inserted into the vagina and rotated. It is put in a tube and processed at a lab. The HPV tests detect high-risk types of the virus. In contrast, a Pap test looks for abnormal cells in the cervix. Australia, Denmark, the Netherlands and Sweden already use self-collection for cervical cancer screening. Deaths from cervical cancers have declined in the U.
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