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World Service,2 mins
Will cervical cancer self-testing kits replace nurse-led smear tests?
Health CheckAvailable for over a year
HPV self-testing kits are now part of national screening programmes in the Netherlands and Australia. Could these replace nurse-led smear tests and become the new norm for cervical cancer screening? Dr Anita Lim from King's College London shows Hannah Fisher a self-sampling kit and Louise Cadman, a nurse colposcopist at Barts Health NHS Trust, explains how they work.
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