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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Carla K. Johnson

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

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force are aimed at getting more people screened and spreading the word that women can take their own samples to check for cancer-causing HPV. - (Becton, Dickinson and Company)

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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