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Cervical cancer screening at home? US FDA approves kit. Why is this significant?
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved a first of its kind use-at-home cervical cancer screening tool. Known as “Teal Wand,” it allows women to collect their vaginal sample at home and send it to the lab for detection of the cervical cancer-causing Human Papillomavirus (HPV). It is less painful than the invasive Pap smear test.
While it detects for possible cervical cancer like a Pap smear, it does so differently, she tells Parade. A Pap smear takes a ...
Cervical cancer remains a significant public health concern in the United States despite being one of the most preventable ...
Mothers, daughters, sisters, and wives who are diagnosed with cervical cancer often become the epicentre of a difficult ...
The first at-home screening kit for human papillomavirus, the leading cause of cervical cancer in ... correctly detected HPV when pre-cancer — abnormal cells more likely to develop into ...
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