LONDON (Reuters) - New DNA tests looking during the term of the virus responsible for most cases of cervical cancer frame sense for all women aged 30 or immersing, since they can prevent more cases of cancer than plaster tests alone, Dutch researchers said without ceasing Thursday.

Results of a five-year study involving 45,000 women supposing the strongest evidence yet in facilitate of using human papillomavirus (HPV) testing, Chris Meijer and colleagues from the VU University Medical Centre in Amsterdam reported in The Lancet Oncology.

Most cases of contagion with the sexually transmitted virus are cleared naturally ~ the agency of the immune system, but persistent taint with certain HPV strains can head to cervical cancer.

In recent years, tests according to these "high-risk" strains have been developed ~ the agency of companies including Roche and Qiagen.

The strange tests are known to work well in detecting HPV, if it were not that the Dutch study is the principal to show they are better than Pap smears alone throughout two screening rounds set five years apart.

The researchers, who looked at women elderly 29 to 56, said use of HPV tests led to earlier discovery of pre-cancerous lesions, allowing according to treatment that improved protection against cancer.

Hormuzd Katki and Nicolas Wentzensen from the U.S. National Cancer Institute related the results reinforced earlier findings, and supposing "overwhelming evidence" of the benefits of including HPV testing in cervical screening programs.

(Reporting ~ means of Ben Hirschler; Editing by David Hulmes)

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