U.S. health panel draft recommendations would allow a self-testing option for cervical cancer
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.
Health Panel Endorses New Option for Cervical Cancer Screening
Doctors routinely advise that women undergoing screening for cervical cancer receive Pap smears every three years beginning at age 21. Now, beginning at 30, women have a new option.
US health panel adds self-testing option for cervical cancer screening
A U.S. health panel says women should have the option of taking their own test samples for cervical cancer screening.
Health Panel Endorses Self-Testing Option for Cervical Cancer Screening
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has endorsed self-testing as a viable option for cervical cancer screening.
Health panel endorses option to self-collect samples for cervical cancer screening
Starting at age 30, women can collect their own vaginal samples at a doctor's office instead of undergoing a pelvic exam for cervical cancer risk.
Draft guidelines back self-collected samples for cervical cancer screening
Women should have the option of taking their own test samples for cervical cancer screening, a government health care panel said Tuesday.
Health panel recommends self-testing option for cervical cancer screening
Women and people with cervixes should have the option to use a self-swab human papillomavirus (HPV) test as part of a cervical cancer screen, the United States Preventative Services Task Force said in a draft recommendation Tuesday.
USPSTF Issues Draft Recommendation Statement for Cervical Cancer Screening
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends screening for cervical cancer, with different approaches recommended for those aged 21 to 29 years and 30 to 65 years. These recommendations form the basis of a draft recommendation statement published online Dec.
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