A U.S. health panel says women should have the option of taking their own test samples for cervical cancer screening.
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This image provided by BD in Dec. 2024 shows the companys HPV test for cervical cancer screening. This image provided by BD in Dec. 2024 shows the companys HPV test for cervical cancer screening. 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.
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. Deaths from cervical cancers have declined in the U.S. in the past decade, and there is an HPV vaccine recommended for preteens that isin women and men. Still, nearly 14,000 new cases of cervical cancer were diagnosed in the U.S. this year and there were an estimated 4,360 deaths.
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