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USPSTF Updates Draft Recommendations for Cervical Cancer Screening
The organization now recommends HPV primary screening every five years starting at age 30 and includes patient-collected HPV screening.
Top Five Articles on 360Dx Last Week: New LDT Rule Efforts; BARDA Awards to OraSure, InBios; More
Last week, readers were most interested in a story about efforts by a new organization to get Congress to pass legislation revamping oversight of LDTs.
Becton Dickinson's HPV assay was FDA-approved for use with clinician-collected samples in 2018 and received approval for sample self-collection in May.
Becton Dickinson Gets Health Canada Approval for HPV Test With Self-Collected Samples
The firm said that the updated approval will improve access to HPV testing by providing a less invasive and less expensive alternative to Pap tests.
Predica Diagnostics Developing Targeted Sequencing Test for Cervical Cancer Diagnosis, Screening
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The test is based on targeted circular probe-based RNA next-generation sequencing (ciRNAseq), which enables a high degree of multiplexing and mutational analysis.