British Columbia is Canada’s first province to launch at-home, self-screening test kits for cervical cancer. It’s an alternative to the traditional, but invasive Pap test performed to screen for this potentially deadly disease. Heather Yourex-West reports on the push for the self-test kits to become more widely available, and what else can help prevent cervical cancer.
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