The FDA has approved three self-administered tests for the high-risk strains of HPV known to cause most cervical cancers.
The American Cancer Society has recently updated cervical screening guidelines for HPV and cervical cancer. Here are the main ...
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.
The American Cancer Society (ACS) released updated guidelines today for cervical cancer screening, reflecting advances in ...
Here’s what American Cancer Society recommends nowWith approximately 660,000 new cases and 350,000 deaths in 2022, cervical ...
Saturday Pap test appointment availability improves cervical cancer screening rates. By offering a Saturday clinic for Papanicolaou (Pap) tests, physicians improved cervical cancer screening rates ...
The recommendation comes after the first at-home test, a self-swab, received federal approval earlier this year.
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.
It depends. “There are currently several manufacturers of self-collected HPV testing,” says Anna Quian, MD, gynecologic ...
While cervical cancer was once one of the most deadly cancers for American women, deaths from the disease have dropped by more than 50% since the 1970s due to prevention awareness and screening. But ...
Many women are likely familiar with the Pap smear, but some might not know about the HPV test (human papillomavirus test). Pap smears and HPV tests are the most common ways to detect cervical cancer, ...
Days after a government advisory panel rolled back its recommendations on mammography screening for breast cancer, another influential group issued revised guidelines on the use of Pap smears to ...