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HPV & Pap Self-Swab Kit
for Cervical Cancer Screening
Self-Swab,
Chop-Chop!
Cervical cancer is highly preventable with routine screening.
Get tested early.
Cervical Cancers in Singapore
10th most common cancer in women
HPV causes 95% of cervical cancers
Screening is Key
Screening means examining individuals without symptoms in order to detect disease early or to identify those with an increased risk of disease.
The best time for screening is when you feel that you are healthy.
MOH Screening Guidelines
Pap Smear Test
Once every 3 years
HPV DNA Test
Once every 5 years
About the Human Papillomavirus (HPV)
Types
The human papillomavirus exist in many forms.
Some cause anogenital warts; others cause cervical cancers.
Those that cause cervical cancers are known as High-Risk HPV types.
Prevalence
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Diseases
HPV causes 70% of oropharyngeal cancers (throat area just behind the mouth). Other contributing factors to this cancer include smoking and excessive alcohol consumption.
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HPV is also detected in 90% of anal cancer cases, with high-risk type HPV-16 being the most likely cause (80% of anal cancer cases).
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Your Screening Test Options
Pap Test
(Pap Smear)
Cells are observed for abnormal cellular growth such as lesions and cancerous tumours.
HPV Test
(PCR)
Polymerase Chain Reaction technology detects the DNA of
16 high-risk HPV (hrHPV) variants.
Pap Test + HPV Test
(2-in-1)
Combining both tests gives greater accuracy, according to a local study.
Pap Test
Body
Receive your personalised self-collection kit within 3-5 business days of placing the order.
1 self-collection dry swab
1 instruction sheet (with QR code to video instructions)
1 Test Order Card
2 adhesive barcode labels
1 specimen collection bag
1 return-mail envelope
Kit Contents
Simple Workflow
Step 1: Confirm particulars on the labels and the Test Order Card
Step 2: Follow the provided instructions and perform the self-swab
Step 3: Return the swab into the tube, and then into the zip-lock bag
Step 4: Return the kit and Test Order Card via mail
Receive your HPV Test and Pap Test results via email
within 7 calendar days from date of mail return.
The full service is approved by the Singapore MOH and Health Sciences Authority.
Acumen Diagnostics is an MOH-approved clinical laboratory established in 2020 and specialises in molecular diagnostics including PCR tests.