Urine testing may be as effective as the smear test at preventing cervical cancer and could significantly increase participation rates for screening, a study has found. Researchers from the University of Manchester in the UK said a urine test could help increase the numbers of women who are screened for cervical cancer. Urine testing could have a role in the developing world, where cervical cancer is up to 15 times more common and smear testing largely non-existent. According to the team, cervical smear samples, self-collected vaginal samples and urine samples are all effective at picking up high risk HPV infection. With the Roche HPV testing kit, urine, vaginal self samples and cervical smears picked up 15 of these.

Source: Indian Express April 30, 2019 08:37 UTC