Groundbreaking New FDA Approval; For Women Like Famous Sportscaster Erin Andrews, 46, New Cervical Screening Self-Tests Can Be a Game Changer

For women like sportscaster Erin Andrews, who was diagnosed with cervical cancer during a routine screening in 2016 and treated the disease with surgery, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration FDA has revealed its new approval for cervical screening self-tests. The approval allows women to use a kit to collect their own vaginal sample for human papillomavirus HPV screening in a health care setting, which could help women at risk for cervical cancer detect the disease early on.