DNA-based test for HPV has promising results
HPV screening in Brazil is set to undergo a major game-changer—the traditional routine cytology test, popularly known as the pap smear, will be gradually replaced by a DNA test.The incorporation of the technology into Brazil’s public health care network, the SUS, was announced by the Ministry of Health following a study carried out by the State University of Campinas (Unicamp) in the municipality of Indaiatuba, São Paulo. However, it still requires the National Cancer Institute (INCA) to define guidelines and the target population, as well as how the tests will be carried out.The first five-year round of the study shows promising results from the cervical cancer screening program run in the municipality from October 2017 to September 2022 using the HPV DNA test.
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