Quebec rolling out new screening tools to help detect cervical cancer earlier

Dr. Annie Leung and Jennifer Maccarone pose together for photo inside MUHC hospital

The province is moving away from the traditional Pap test in favour of a more accurate test for human papillomavirus (HPV). It can pick up abnormalities sooner because it looks for the presence of high-risk HPV infections which cause the majority of cervical cancer cases.



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