Ontario will replace its main method of cervical ... screening kit that allows patients to collect their own vaginal samples in March 2025. B.C. began its transition to HPV testing in January ...

Ontario will replace its main method of cervical cancer screening next ... A doctor holds a swab from an HPV self-testing kit. (CBC) A provincial flow chart sent to doctors shows patients who ...

TORONTO - Ontario will replace its main method of cervical ... kit that allows patients to collect their own vaginal samples in March 2025. B.C. began its transition to HPV testing in January ...

Ontario is the latest province to change how it screens for cervical ... to switch to HPV testing, but it would take approximately two years before Pap smears would be replaced. In B.C., eligible ...

Ontario Health says the HPV test is more accurate at catching cervical cancer than the previous method, which will mean most patients can get tested less often and start their routine monitoring later ...

On March 3, 2025, Ontario will switch from Pap testing to HPV testing as the primary test for cervical cancer screening ... techniques to detect the DNA of high‑risk HPV types.

A cervix self-screening kit ... cervical cancer screening next week to a more accurate and less frequent test, but the dreaded speculum exam is not in the rear-view just yet. Human papillomavirus ...

Cervical cancer remains a significant health ... by classifying aberrant results and identifying the best course of action, HPV DNA testing can help prevent needless colposcopies (more invasive ...