Is New Cervical Cancer Test Better Than a Pap Smear?

Sep 12, 2008 | Laboratory News, Laboratory Pathology

Intense research into cervical cancer detection and treatment has yielded significant progress in the past decade. One common cause of such cancer is the human papillomavirus (HPV). New developments involving HPV have produced thin-layer Pap smears, HPV testing, and HPV vaccines. Now, researchers in Italy are reporting a new twist in HPV screening and detection. In research published in the journal Lancet Oncology, Guglielmo Ronco, a cancer epidemiologist at the Centre for Cancer Prevention in...
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