HPV self-testing is working, let’s celebrate the progress - Gabrielle Lord

Cervical cancer is one of the few cancers that is almost entirely preventable – and in Aotearoa, we’re making real progress ...
Medscape

Primary HPV Screening Not Ready for Primetime

Editor's Note: One hundred years ago, Dr. George Papanicolaou first put vaginal smears under the microscope to study human vaginal cytology, using samples supplied by his wife. [1] Dr. Papanicolaou ...
Crain's Chicago Business

Abbott adds HPV primary screening to Alinity test family

Abbott Laboratories is adding HPV screening to its "Alinity m" family of diagnostic assays following U.S. Food & Drug Administration approval. Abbott said in a press release that the FDA approved its ...
Monthly Prescribing Reference

Primary HPV Screening Intervals Could Be Extended

HPV testing 8 years after negative result was comparable to risk after 3 years in cytology cohort. HealthDay News — Primary human papillomavirus (HPV) screening intervals could be extended, with the ...
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Abbott Receives FDA Approval for HPV Test to Run on Alinity m, Offering Primary HPV Screening and Assessment of High-Risk Cancer-Causing Types of HPV

ABBOTT PARK, Ill., Nov. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Abbott (NYSE: ABT) has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for its molecular human papillomavirus or HPV screening solution, ...
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HPV testing preferred over Pap for cervical cancer screening starting at age 30, task force’s draft recommendation says

(CNN) — Testing for high-risk human papillomaviruses every five years – even with a self-collected sample – is the “preferred screening strategy” for cervical cancer starting at age 30, according to a ...
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Primary HPV screening provides 60–70 percent greater protection against invasive cervical cancer than cytology-based screening

Cervical screening aims to prevent invasive cervical cancer by detecting abnormalities in a woman's cervix which can be a precursor to cancer. In cytology-based screening, the cells taken during the ...
DrBicuspid

FDA approves 1st HPV test for primary cervical cancer screening

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA test for women 25 and older that can be used to determine whether these women should have additional ...