Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Testing for cervical HPV

The NHS has been considering HPV testing as part of the cervical cancer screening programme. It is not yet routinely available on the NHS. A trial called ARTISTIC is looking at whether testing for HPV as well as cervical screening works better than cervical screening alone. The researchers in Manchester have finished the trial and are looking at the results. They hope to have these by the end of 2008.