One million more women would have life-saving checks if the NHS adopted self-testing, researchers estimate.
More than one million extra women could have life-saving cervical-cancer checks if the NHS adopted do-it-yourself testing, researchers estimate.
“Cervical cancer screening has been in decline for the last 20 years,” a senior consultant on the trial, Mairead Lyons, said. If this is positive, they are invited for a further test to see if any cells in the cervix have started the journey to becoming a cancer.The results, published in eClinicalMedicine, showed:If these results were replicated across the whole of England, the researchers estimate it would increase the proportion screened from 69.9% to 77.3% - about one million extra women over a three-year screening cycle.
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