Home-Testing Added To UK National Cervical Cancer Screening Program

Potential Test Providers Include Hologic, Rovers Medical Devices And Copan Diagnostics

NHS England will offer at-home cervical cancer self-testing kits to people who are overdue for routine screening by six months. The Department of Health and Social Care identified four HPV collection and testing combinations with highest accuracy.

Human Papillomavirus (HPV) home-testing kits will be provided to women and people with a cervix who have not attended routine cervical cancer screening appointments, the UK Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) said in a statement on June 24.

The scheme intends to target the over 5 million women in England who are not up to date with their...

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Home-Testing Added To UK National Cervical Cancer Screening Program

Potential Test Providers Include Hologic, Rovers Medical Devices And Copan Diagnostics

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