One possible application is to run the test on saliva instead of blood, which could facilitate the early detection of HPV-associated oral cancers. “This could be a future screen, but right now ...

Where can I get a DIY smear test in the meantime? You can already buy HPV home-testing kits online: Superdrug offers one for £48. However, they’re not generally available for free on the NHS yet.

A doctor holds a swab from an HPV self-testing kit. (CBC) A provincial flow chart sent to doctors shows patients who test positive will be asked to screen again in two years. After those two years ...

Ontario Health says the HPV test is more accurate at catching cervical ... But self-screening kits that have been adopted in British Columbia won't be a part of the upcoming rollout in Ontario ...

A cervix self-screening kit is a part of ... accurate and less frequent test, but the dreaded speculum exam is not in the rear-view just yet. Human papillomavirus (HPV) tests in the province ...

Ontario Health says the HPV test is more accurate at catching cervical ... A cervix self-screening kit is a part of the first self-screening cervical cancer plan in Canada, in Vancouver, B.C ...