Breaking Barriers: Empowering Cervical Cancer Screening with HPV Self-Sampling for Sex Workers and Formerly Incarcerated Women in Toronto

Breaking Barriers: Empowering Cervical Cancer Screening with HPV Self-Sampling for Sex Workers and Formerly Incarcerated Women in Toronto

Background: Although cervical cancer (CC) is highly preventable through appropriate screening methods like the Papanicolaou (Pap) test, which enables early detection of malignant and precancerous lesions, access to such screening has not been equitable across social groups. Sex workers and people wi...

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Main Authors: Mandana Vahabi, Jenna Hynes, Josephine Pui-Hing Wong, Natasha Kithulegoda, Masoomeh Moosapoor, Abdolreza Akbarian, Aisha Lofters
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2024-12-01
Series:Current Oncology
Subjects:
cervical cancer
screening
HPV-self sampling
sex workers
formerly incarcerated women
access to health
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1718-7729/31/12/590
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