October 18th, 2007 
Von ” A new study led by McGill University researchers shows that the human papillomavirus (HPV) screening test is far more accurate than the traditional Pap test in detecting cervical cancer. The first round of the Canadian Cervical Cancer Screening Trial (CCCaST), led by Dr. Eduardo Franco, Director of the Division of Cancer Epidemiology at McGill’s Faculty of Medicine, concluded that the HPV test’s ability to accurately detect pre-cancerous lesions without generating false negatives was 94.6%, as opposed to 55.4% for the Pap test.”
Dr. Franco added that, while the HPV screening test is now more expensive than a Pap test, that will likely change over time. “Moreover, because of its higher sensitivity and only slightly lower specificity, patients would only require an HPV test once every three years instead of annually, as is necessary with the Pap test.”
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