US health panel adds self-testing option for cervical cancer screening

AP News – Tuesday, December 10, 2024
By Carla K. Johnson

Women should have the option of taking their own test samples for cervical cancer screening, an influential health panel said Tuesday.

Draft recommendations 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.

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