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August 7, 2007
Simple Cervical Cancer Detection Method
According to a new study published in the Lancet, there is a simple and cheap method to detect early signs of cervical cancer. The method involves nothing more than vinegar, gauze, a speculum, and a halogen lamp.
The visual screening test is done by a nurse or trained health care worker who washes a woman's cervix with vinegar and gauze using a speculum to hold it open. After one minute, any pre-cancerous lesions turn very white and can be seen with the naked eye under a halogen lamp.
This detection method may save many lives in the developing world where Pap smears are not affordable.
Experts think that the simple, inexpensive technique could be rolled out across the developing world relatively easily. Pilot projects are already under way in a handful of countries in Asia and Africa.
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A sign and symptom of cervical cancer is not often recognized until it is too late. It is so important to get a yearly pap smear so a doctor will recognize anything abnormal.
In addition to a pap smear, get screened with the HPV Test. If the HPV Test had been available when I was diagnosed with cervical cancer 11 years ago (after 3 inconclusive pap smears) I may have been able to avoid a hysterectomy.
The most current research now shows that the HPV Test which was released in the U.S. in 2000, was recently found to be 94.6% accurate in diagnosing cervical cancer compared to the Pap test at 55.4% accuracy based on a Canadian Cervical Cancer Trial with over 10,000 women.
One of the best websites I've found for information is http://www.TheHPVTest.com
Get screened. It could save your life.
Mary
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Hy, only pilot projects are under way?
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