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New Australian Cervical Cancer Screening Program
As of May 2017, the traditional Pap smear will be replaced by the high risk HPV test also known as the oncogenic HPV test. This will be funded by Medicare and women with no symptoms between the ages of 25 and 74 will be offered screening. The screening will be every five years for those […] Read more
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New pap smear program beginning in 2017
Since the 1960’s the incidence of cancer of the cervix has halved. A newer better test for identifying high risk virus will replace the older Pap smear. It is hoped that after instituting this newer technology, cancer of the cervix incidence will be reduced by a further 20%. Although the test would be done every […] Read more
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Updated Version of HPV (Cervical Cancer) Vaccine
In the past teenage girls and now boys have been vaccinated with quadrivalent (against four sub types HPV). A recent improvement in this vaccine to include five other viral sub types should further reduce the incidence of pre-cancer and cancer of the cervix. It is an area in which Australian researchers have been prominent. This […] Read more