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This Simple Test Could Replace Dreaded Pap Smear

This Simple Test Could Replace the Dreaded Pap Smear

Pap smears are terrible. Every year, I stare at the ceiling and try my hardest to ignore the scraping of my insides. In the age of AI chatbots and self-driving cars, how has no one figured out a less torturous way to screen for cervical cancer?

Fox News on MSN · 4d

First at-home HPV test approved by FDA, could replace Pap smear

The first at-home cervical cancer screening test has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration, according to the product's manufacturer. It may offer an alternative to traditional in-person Pap smears.

News-Medical.Net on MSN · 3d

FDA approves at home HPV test as alternative to pap smear

The Food and Drug Administration just approved an at home test that could be an optional alternative to a yearly pap smear. The test looks for human papilloma virus, or HPV, which causes nearly all incidences of cervical cancer.

CBS News5d

FDA approves first at-home cervical cancer screening test, a pap smear alternative, company says

The maker of an at-home cervical cancer screening test said Friday it has won approval from the Food and Drug Administration, giving patients an alternative to in-clinic pap smears. The ...

USA Today6d

At-home cervical cancer screening test gets FDA approval. How it works, availability

Though the Teal Wand provides a new opportunity to test for HPV at home, in-person pap smears will remain the best option, Dr. Ami Vaidya, co-chief of gynecological oncology at Hackensack ...

The New York Times6d

F.D.A. Approves First At-Home Alternative to the Pap Smear

Laurel Golio for The New York Times If the test is positive, the patient will be referred to an in-person provider for a Pap smear or colposcopy to check for cancer or precancerous cell changes.

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