Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) self-sampling promises to make the process of screening for cervical cancer easier, more comfortable—and, for some, less traumatic—than a traditional Pap test ...

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 ...

As part of the Ontario Cervical Screening Program, the province has announced it is going to use Human Papillomavirus (HPV) testing rather than Pap smear tests as a primary way to screen for cervical ...

In B.C., eligible patients can request an at-home screening kit that includes a vaginal swap which can be sent by mail to be processed. Ontarians will still need to visit a healthcare provider to ...

But self-screening kits that have been adopted in British ... But starting next week, the lab will test for HPV, the primary cause of cervical cancer. "Previously they would look at the cells ...

TORONTO - Ontario will replace its main method of cervical cancer screening next week to a more accurate and less frequent test, but the ... Human papillomavirus (HPV) tests in the province ...

But self-screening kits that have been adopted in British ... But starting next week, the lab will test for HPV, the primary cause of cervical cancer. “Previously they would look at the cells ...

Ontario Health says the HPV test is more accurate at catching cervical cancer than the previous method, which will mean most patients can get tested less often and start their routine monitoring later ...