Last year, the FDA greenlit similar self-collection cervical cancer screening kits for use in a medical setting, such as at a doctor’s office, an urgent care or even a mobile clinic.

Around 11,500 cases of cervical cancer are diagnosed each year in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. About 4,000 Americans die annually from the cancer.

The rising median age of people around the world has the same effect, since cancer can take decades to develop and therefore ...

In the U.S., nearly 13,500 cases of invasive cervical cancer will be diagnosed this year, and 4,320 women will likely die from the disease, per American Cancer Society projection stats.

Cervical cancer starts in the cells of the cervix, which connects the uterus and vagina. It is slow to develop, quietly growing for months or even years before it’s diagnosed.

Without them, 370,000 people would have died of cervical cancer. • Of the 360,000 averted prostate cancer deaths, PSA screening was attributed to 56% of them.

Polyps are non-cancerous growths that can develop in the cervix (cervical polyps) or uterine lining (uterine polyps) which can also cause postmenopausal bleeding.

“And based on this study, we would say that rather than subjecting a patient to the potential risks of a full colonoscopy when we may not be able to detect polyps, or other pre-cancerous growths ...