Mailing HPV home kits doubles cervical cancer screening rates

Mailing HPV home kits to under-screened, low-income women improved cervical cancer screening almost two-fold compared to scheduling assistance alone, according to researchers at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health and UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Centerh (both NC, USA). The National Cancer Institute estimates that 14,000 women will be diagnosed with cervical cancer in the United States this year, leading to more that 4,300 deaths. It has been reported that cervical cancer disproportionately affects Black and Hispanic women. Hispanic women have the highest incidence rates, and Black women have the highest rate of death for the disease in the...