The American Cancer Society has recently updated cervical screening guidelines for HPV and cervical cancer. Here are the main ...

You may have heard about HPV testing and self-swabbing to collect the sample. Does that work as well? Here are the ins and outs of this newer option.

Cervical cancer usually does not cause symptoms until it is advanced. A new guideline makes it easier to detect when precancerous changes are already developing.

Cervical cancer screening can now include “self-swab” HPV tests, according to updated guidelines published Thursday by the ...

The American Cancer Society is now endorsing a change in cervical cancer screening guidelines that could mean less women ...

An interim report developed with input from multiple medical organizations and published simultaneously in three leading gynecological journals last week provides guidance to healthcare providers who ...

Getting a Pap test isn’t exactly something most women look forward to. But when you have one done, you want to make sure you’re doing what you can to max out the benefits. During a Pap, it’s easy to ...

A Pap smear is a type of test used to screen for cell changes that have the potential to lead to cervical cancer in women. Pap Smear. Image Credit: Iryna Inshyna/Shutterstock.com Its name originates ...

(Reuters Health) - Not all women need Pap tests to look for cells in the cervix that might be malignant. Under new guidelines from U.S. physicians, some women can get a test that looks for the ...

The Pap smear test has been used widely for the past five decades to understand and screen for early signs of cervical cancer. The conventional test has been largely replaced by a liquid-based Pap ...

The Pap test has already reduced the incidence of cervical cancer by more than 60%. Now it may become a key step in the early detection of two other gynecological malignancies — ovarian and ...