HPV Test Screens Best for Cervical Cancer

Courtesy TIME: Top Science and Health Stories  Thu, 04/02/2009 - 11:00

A large, long-term study in rural India finds that the HPV test catches more cases of cervical cancer earlier and prevents more deaths than other screening tools


 

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