BREAKING: The FDA has approved the first HPV test that would allow women to collect their own samples rather than through an invasive speculum swab. https://t.co/BH9R3W7mT5
In 2015, Unathi Lepuwana was diagnosed with cervical cancer, which kills thousands of women annually. Watch her inspirational story of survival here. #CervicalCancerAwarenessMonth#RocheDiagnostics
Testing for high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) will soon replace the Pap test for primary cervical cancer screening in Canada, as it is a more sensitive test that has been shown to be cost-effective and safe.
Details: https://t.co/v51KVDAcQw
#Oncology#CancerAwareness
Cervical cancer elimination in Africa: where are we now and where do we need to be?
A new UICC report analyses the cervical cancer burden in Africa and recommends measures to improve access to care. #CervicalCancer#cancer
➡️ https://t.co/psDWNmHN8g
❗️Screening programmes for cervical #cancer can be improved!
Conventional smear tests (cytology) should be replaced with testing for #HPV, the virus that causes #CervicalCancer, as a first line of screening.
👉Learn more on our #CancerScreening report at https://t.co/KdLsrsJjXV.
HPV Awareness Day doesn't have to only be *one* day out of the year. ESGO’s patient advocacy group network, ENGAGe, prepared this factsheet in several languages so that you can spread awareness about #HPV and #HPVvaccination any day! 💜
👉https://t.co/OA2aH0BbAR
Join our incredible panel of global clinicians, policy makers and patient advocates on March 4th as they share expertise and strategies to accelerate access to HPV vaccination to help eliminate #HPV related #cancer.
Register now 👉 https://t.co/R1i1SPbU8Z
#onelessworry
“Shifting from Pap tests to HPV tests is crucial to advancing the goals of Canada’s action plan to eliminate cervical cancer and achieving equity of access to cervical cancer screening,” says @Erika_Nich.
For all women 👩🏾👩🏻🧕🏽👱🏻, new #CervicalCancer guidelines now recommend the #HPV DNA test as the primary method for cervical screening. This detects the high-risk strains of the human papillomavirus that cause almost all cervical cancers.
👉🏽 https://t.co/EhDrUwmTZQ
Did you know most women with #CervicalCancer experience a long asymptomatic period? Early detection through regular screening can prevent the disease from progressing. Screening includes the PAP test and HPV DNA test. Don’t delay, now is the perfect time to #GetScreened!
"We will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair, a stone of hope."
-Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Today we celebrate a man who represents the power of hope.
#MLKDay#Hope
DYK? Many individuals do not develop noticeable symptoms of #CervicalCancer. Especially in early stages, making screening and women’s health checkups incredibly important. Have you scheduled yours yet? #Cervivor#CCAM#TakeCareofYou2022#FastFact