Women's Health

Urine test could make cervical cancer testing easier

Published in AIDS Weekly, November 11th, 2002

by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - A novel urine screen for human papillomavirus (HPV) could make it easier to care for women infected with HIV, researchers in the United States say.

"Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive women may represent one of the fastest-growing populations at risk for acquiring cervical cancer and thus require frequent screening," explained Joeli A. Brinkman and colleagues at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center and Tulane University in New Orleans.

A polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based urine assay is as reliable as standard tests for finding HPV infection, which has been linked to cervical...

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Source: AIDS Weekly (2002-11-11)

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