Cervical cancer Signs & Symptoms, Prevention & Rx
Johns Hopkins Medicine specialists report they have developed a urine test for the likely emergence of cervical cancer that is highly accurate compared to other tests based on genetic markers derived directly from cervical tissue. The new urine test, they say, is different because it analyzes not only multiple sources of human cellular DNA altered by precancerous changes, but also DNA from HPV that is sexually transmitted and causes virtually all cases of the disease.
In a proof-of-concept study the investigators say their genetic markers test showed a “sensitivity” or accuracy rate of 90...
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