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The Aptima HPV assay uses messenger RNA detection to identify infections most likely to lead to cervical cancer.

Despite the scale of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing for prostate cancer screening, prediction models do not predict time-to-event end points or adjust for patient life expectancy.

“By including FDA-approved HPV self collection tests in the guidelines, they have allowed for women to get some screening even if they do not have easy access to health care.”

What began as a seemingly routine migraine case quickly unraveled into a devastating example of how fear, misinformation, and delayed care can transform a curable condition into a terminal diagnosis.

The method detected 90% of cancer cases, a result very close to the 94% detection rate achieved by colonoscopies and better than all current non-invasive detection methods.

“We’re lucky to have found it at this stage where I could say the word cure, because I don’t use that word lightly as a cancer doctor.” – Dr. Janet Kukreja, the Director of Urologic Oncology at the CU Cancer Center/UC Health University of Colorado Hospital