Self-collection kits for cervical cancer could increase screening rates

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Mailing out self-collection kits could increase the number of people undergoing cervical cancer screening, according to a randomised clinical trial from the US. The team compared the effectiveness of a telephone reminder to get cervical cancer screening, with a mail-out self-collection kit and a telephone reminder in a safety-net health care setting where large proportions of people are living in poverty or are minoritised racial and ethnic groups. They found that sending the kits along with a telephone call increased the number of women and people with a cervix who undertook screening compared with telephone reminders alone.