Cervical cancer can be cured if detected at an early stage.
This method had a higher accuracy than cervical testing at detecting HPV infection with multiple strains.
Detecting HPV via menstrual blood could be a convenient and noninvasive approach, the researchers wrote.
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Scott said this new method of collecting menstrual blood could enable many more people to access screening.
This is still important.
Cervical cancer is deadly, she said.
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American Cancer Society.Survival rates for cervical cancer.
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