Cervical cancer screening doubles when under-screened women are mailed testing kits
UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel HillResearchers at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health and UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center found mailing human papillomavirus (HPV) self-collection tests and offering assistance to book in-clinic screening appointments to under-screened, low-income women improved cervical cancer screening nearly two-fold compared to scheduling assistance alone.