Create self-cervical cancer

So far, the only way to be screened for cervical cancer was attending a clinic where staff were trained, but now women have the opportunity to perform this check themselves at home. A study conducted in Mexico, published in the medical journal.

The Lancet and reported by BBC News found that this test "effective and simple" could help reduce the high mortality rates caused by this disease . Unfortunately, in many countries, cervical cancer is the leading cause of death among women. Scientists from Queen Mary University of London, makers of this home test to detect cervical cancer, indicate that the new self-analysis could benefit thousands of women living in remote areas or who are unable or unwilling to attend a clinic, reports BBC .

This self-examination and was tested by 20,000 women in Mexico, and the results showed that the test failed to detect more cancers and abnormalities precancerous analysis currently used by the smear. "The Pap test is a vaginal examination and some women do not feel comfortable with it. But this new approach seems to be more popular among women," he said to BBC Professor Attila Lorincz , a specialist in molecular epidemiology and creator of the new test. But how is that home test is easier and 'comfortable'? It happens that women in her house, take the sign "by inserting a swab or small brush into the vagina , "which can make even standing. "Once inside, the swab moves around the vaginal canal to take the sample out and placed in a tube," Lorincz said to BBC .

Naturally, this sample should be sent to a lab. The women did not have to be examined in an office that often find it intimidating, and now all you have to do is send by mail or personally deliver your sample to be analyzed. The best part is that if your sample indicates that the woman is sick, you will monitor their health through an already established system in the laboratory. What do you think of this home test? Will would use to monitor your health?