From redesigning the speculum to urine tests for HPV, these medical breakthroughs could change smear tests and cervical screening forever.

Smear tests: these breakthroughs could transform pap smears

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Instead of initially looking for cervical cell changes, all smear test samples are now first tested for high-risk strains of HPV

As with so many areas of women’s health, progress is slow and long overdue, but a patient-centred revolution in cervical screening may finally be on the horizon

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Could a cervical screening revolution finally be here?

These medical breakthroughs could transform smear tests forever