A major update to federal women’s health preventive guidance will make it easier for women to get screened for cervical ...

The at-home tests are not yet available, but the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved two self-swab tests from the ...

HHS’s Health Resources and Services Administration released updated guidance for cervical cancer screening, which includes a ...

The Department of Health and Human Services is endorsing self-collected vaginal samples for cervical cancer screening and requiring most private insurance plans to cover testing without cost sharing.

Doctors typically swab a patient’s cervix in clinical settings to test for high-risk strains of the human papillomavirus, an ...

In early December, the American Cancer Society updated its guidelines for the first time since 2020. Now, all women ...

Circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) levels in patients with cervical cancer before and during treatment were prognostic of disease progression and survival in a post hoc ...

Cervical cancer claims thousands of women’s lives every year. It happens more due to low screening and lack of awareness.

A normal colposcopy result means a person has no cervical cancer cells, including precancerous ones. Abnormal results may indicate a person has cancerous or precancerous cells in their cervix.

Yes, cervical cancer is one of the most common cancers linked to HPV. HPV is a common sexually transmitted infection (STI) that most people contract at some point in life. Your body will usually get ...

A British mother died from Stage IV cervical cancer after her doctors wrongly marked an abnormal pap smear and biopsy as clear. Kerry Pugh, 48, passed away in June 2022 after she was told her results ...

If a person receives a positive human papillomavirus (HPV) result from a Pap smear, they need a colposcopy to confirm the diagnosis. This is a minimally invasive procedure that healthcare ...