Looking for signs of the cancer in a more convenient way could help women access the test and prevent the disease occurring, researchers say.

About 70 per cent of cases are prevented through cervical screening, according to cancer research, and the HPV vaccine is cutting cases of cervical cancer by 90 per cent.

Looking for signs of the cancer in a more convenient way could help women access the test and prevent the disease occurring, researchers say.

Researchers say blood sample strip, which can be used at home, can pick up virus that causes cervical cancer