New test detects more cases of cervical cancer

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and the University of Innsbruck in Austria have developed a simpler and more effective screening method for cervical cancer than the method used today. A comprehensive study published inCervical cancer screening is essential for early detection and prevention. Most countries have a very extensive screening program that starts with testing for different variants of the human papillomavirus that causes cervical cancer.

In addition, the new test, in combination with the HPV 16/18 test, was able to predict 69 per cent of all cancers and precancerous lesions up to six years after the sample was taken. This can be compared with only 18 per cent with today's screening method. "This would mean a significant improvement compared to today's screening methods, which were introduced in the 1960s," says the study's last author Martin Widschwendter, Professor at the University of Innsbruck and visiting Professor at the Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet.

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