The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the country’s first at-home HPV screening device. The test is designed as an alternative to the Pap smear, a procedure that detects precancerous ...

I have a condition called vaginismus that makes traditional cervical cancer screening nearly impossible.

Transformative advances in prevention and early detection have brought us closer than ever to eliminating cervical cancer. In addition to being highly treatable in early stages, cervical cancer is one ...

A smear test itself is a standard procedure. All women aged 25-49 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are invited for a cervical screening every three years (while in Scotland it's every five years ...

Cervical cancer develops when cells of the cervix begin to change abnormally over time. These changes usually happen slowly ...

World Cancer Day on February 4th urges early detection. From Pap smears at 20 to colonoscopies at 50: The statutory program ...

A revolutionary development in cervical cancer screening is transforming the way millions of women approach their health care. The FDA’s recent approval of self-collection kits from leading healthcare ...

Women who have been vaccinated against human papillomavirus (HPV) should be screened for cervical cancer less often, a study has suggested.1 For women vaccinated at young ages, screening just two or ...

Maybe in Norway but probably not in the U.S., expert says ...

Eve Hewitt was nervous when she was invited to get her first cervical cancer screening done. “Am I a bit complicated?” she said she wondered of herself. “Is it going to be a bit tricky for the nurse?