Researchers developing at-home uterine cancer test as death rates rise in the U.S. - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports

Researchers developing at-home uterine cancer test as death rates rise in the U.S. - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports

June is uterine cancer awareness month, one of the few cancers with a rising death rate in the U.S and researchers are working toward an at-home test to detect it. Mayo Clinic researchers are currently studying a way to detect cancers of the uterus at home using a medical tampon, which a study participant briefly inserts and then mails off for analysis. This year alone, an estimated 69,100 new cases of cancers of the uterus will be diagnosed, an…