«But knowing that we do 270,000 pap tests a year, and detect 72,000 cancerous or
precancerous abnormalities, without access to the essential care that we provide, you'd have to surmise that many of those patients would find barriers to care,» she says.
Not exact matches
«A large, recently published study examined the performance of a multitarget stool test that identifies several DNA
abnormalities associated with colorectal cancer or
precancerous adenomas.
Many countries are currently considering switching from classic Pap tests to primary HPV tests for cervical cancer screening, based on the strong evidence linking cervical
abnormalities and infection with certain HPV types, and data suggesting that HPV tests detect more high - grade
precancerous lesions.
The researchers found that among women who were 15 to 19 years old at the time of a diagnostic cervical biopsy, the incidence rate of cervical
abnormalities, including those that were classified as
precancerous lesions, decreased between 2007 and 2014.
«In Australia, for instance, the incidence of genital warts and
precancerous cervical
abnormalities in young women is plummeting.»