Cheap and Simple Cancer Test Saves Lives In Third World

The Lancet Medical Journal released today that it has tested a cheap, natural and holistic alternative method for detecting cervical cancer.

In poorer countries where conventional medicine Pap smears are costly, and take double the usual time to return results, the tools necessary for this type of test make sense.

The test is a visual screening done on-site by any trained professional using vinegar, cotton and a halogen light. The cervix is opened with a speculum and then washed with vinegar, similarly to a douche, but with sterilized gauze. After one minute, any pre-cancerous lesions turn very white and can be seen with the naked eye under a halogen lamp.

The report stated it is almost as effective in catching cancer as the Pap smears.

However, experts agree that there are some women who cannot be tested in this form.

Post-menopausal women and those who have had more than two or three children cannot be tested in this manner because their cervixes have more surface space, and certain parts are not entirely visible by the naked eye.