January 13, 2024- BD announced that the BD Onclarity™ HPV Assay has officially been added to the American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology (ASCCP) Enduring Risk-Based Management Guidelines, due to its ability to individually identify more high-risk types of HPV.
The new guidelines represent a significant step forward in cervical cancer prevention and management, offering a more precise and effective approach to screening for HPV, which in turn improves treatment design and supports efforts to eliminate cervical cancer.
Traditional HPV tests typically individually identify no more than two different kinds of high-risk HPV. However, the BD Onclarity™ HPV Assay with extended genotyping can identify six of the 14 cancer-causing HPV types individually and group the remaining seven into three pooled results. These nine results allow for more precise risk assessment, persistence-tracking and personalized treatment plans to align with the new clinical recommendations.