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U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• News Briefs
Food and Drug Administration Says ThinPrep Pap Test also OK to Detect Two Sexually Spread DiseasesJune 7, 2002 Women may start getting checked for cervical cancer and common STDs at the same time now that the government has ruled the ThinPrep Pap test also can screen for chlamydia and gonorrhea. The FDA approval comes a year after federal health officials recommended routine chlamydia screening of all sexually active young women. ThinPrep has already been cleared to detect HPV, which causes most types of cervical cancer. The new approvals mean with one swab into the vagina, doctors have a way to test for four different diseases, said FDA reviewer Kathleen Whitaker.
Adapted from:Back to other CDC news for June 7, 2002 Associated Press 06.06.02 This article was provided by U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It is a part of the publication CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update. |
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