Women can safely skip the unpleasant speculum-based exam for human papillomavirus screening and instead test for the virus ...

Recent studies highlight the effectiveness of self-administered vaginal swabs for HPV screening, offering a safe alternative to the traditional and often uncomfortable speculum exam. This approach is ...

The researchers used a cohort of 193 people, between 25 and 65 years, who were either undergoing a routine screening or were ...

Pap smear or HPV DNA test, and cervical swab can be done to detect high-risk HPV strains. "Avoid sex, vaginal douching, and ...

Researchers have demonstrated that self-sampling is just as effective as speculum-based testing for HPV detection.

Do-it-yourself cervical tests are available in some countries, and researchers at King's College London trialled them in London in 2021 with "fantastic" results. They involve doing a vaginal swab ...

Patients will be able to use an at-home kit to swab their vaginal walls and send it to a lab to be tested for HPV. It's part of the National Cancer Institute's Cervical Cancer 'Last Mile ...

reinforcing the usefulness of vaginal swabs. “Women with physical disabilities have lower rates of cervical cancer screening due to several barriers, including inaccessible healthcare facilities ...