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FDA Approves First At-Home Test To Screen For Cervical Cancer, Company Says
The self-administering test aims to provide women with greater access to testing and an alternative to Pap smears.
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READY AND RESILIENT: Cervical cancer a preventable threat to women’s health
Cervical cancer remains a significant public health concern in the United States despite being one of the most preventable ...
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The At-Home Teal Health Cervical Cancer Screening Is Now FDA-Approved—and Could Replace Your Pap
Pap smears are, at worst ... just like a positive result on a typical in-office HPV test or an abnormal Pap, it just means you may be at greater risk and need in-person followup care (like ...
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The FDA approves first U.S. at-home tool as a Pap-smear alternative
Women can use a wand to collect a vaginal sample, then mail it to a lab that will screen for cervical cancer. The device will ...
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First at-home test for HPV, the most common cause of cervical cancer, gains FDA approval
A comparative study of more than 600 people across 16 U.S. trial sites found the kit correctly detected HPV when pre-cancer — abnormal cells ... Teal Wand over a pap smear, as long as the ...
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Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP
Factors Affecting Non-Histologically Proven Invasive Cancer of the Uterine Cervix that Had an Abnormal Pap Smear: Results of the CCS Program. Impact of Waiting Times on Mortality in Advanced Stage ...
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What to know about the first at-home Pap smear approved by the FDA
The Food and Drug Administration approved the first at-home screening tool to detect cervical cancer, offering an alternative to the traditional Pap smear typically performed in a doctor’s office.