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Study finds offering self-sampling to patients increases HPV detection and cervical cancer screenings
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A randomized controlled trial in Singapore found that, compared with offering clinician sampling alone, offering self-sampling or clinician sampling increased both high-risk HPV detection (3.1% vs. 0.3%) and overall screening uptake (56.6% vs. 42.8%). The findings were published in The Annals of Family Medicine.
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