Australia can wipe out human papillomavirus and cervical cancer if more people get screened, according to the experts. And a self-swab test introduced this year - that is much like a COVID-19 rapid antigen test - could help.
The National Cervical Screening Program provides a HPV test for all people aged 25-74. Screening is offered at five-year intervals but some people require it more frequently. “We have achieved relatively high survival rates for cervical cancer in Australia, of about 75 per cent at five years.Cervical cancer kills more than 200 people in Australia each year, according to Cancer Australia.
“This no longer needs to be a disease that women are dying from, and it does not need to be a disease that robs young women of their fertility,” she said.More than 900 new cases of cervical cancer are diagnosed in Australia annually and migrant and Indigenous women are over-represented in the statistics.
“Indigenous women die at almost four times the rate of non-Indigenous women in Australia ... and the screening rate for Indigenous women currently sits at around 33 per cent," Ms Barnes said.
Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)
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