Research published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology found that low-cost PCR tests that took samples from the cervix or vagina were able to successfully detect womb cancer
A pioneering womb cancer test could cut the time taken to diagnose women with the condition and reduce the need for more invasive diagnostic procedures.- such as abnormal vaginal bleeding - are offered a transvaginal ultrasound.
If medics are concerned about the thickness of a woman's womb lining they may need to have invasive tests such as hysteroscopies or biopsies which have been described by some as painful. Researchers and campaigners hope the new test will reduce the need for more invasive diagnostic procedures. Professor Martin Widschwendter, from the European Translational Oncology Prevention and Screening Institute at the University of Innsbruck and UCL's Department of Women's Cancer in the UK, said:"It was critical to us that this research addressed all of the issues associated with current detection methods for womb cancer.
"Most importantly, using our test, far fewer women with abnormal bleeding will have to undergo invasive diagnostic procedures."
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