If you've been putting off scheduling your Pap smear—maybe for months, maybe longer—take a deep breath. There's no judgment ...

While the Pap was invented in the 1940s and involves inspecting cervical cells for precancerous or cancerous shifts, in the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The FDA today approved the cobas HPV Test for women aged at least 25 years to be used alone to aid a health care ...

First HPV Test for Primary Cervical Cancer The FDA has approved Roche's cobas HPV Test, the first human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA test for women ages >25 that can be used alone to help assess the need ...

For decades, women between the ages of 21 and 69 were advised to get annual screening exams for cervical cancer. In 2009, however, accumulating scientific evidence led major guideline groups to agree ...

The implementation of the National Health Service Cervical Screening Programme (NHSCSP) in 1988 resulted in a substantial reduction in the overall incidence of cervical cancer (Quinn et al, 1999). The ...

April 22, 2009 — The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) has issued a committee opinion on routine pelvic examination and cervical cytology screening that will be published in ...

The largest barriers to elimination are no longer scientific. The science and tech are finally here—women just need to catch ...

Monitoring rather than removing abnormal cells can increase the chances of cervical cancer four-fold, a study found. In one of the first studies to examine longer term risk, researchers found opting ...

Cervical cancer often shows no symptoms in its early stages. But as it progresses, several changes begin to appear in the body.

Glasgow footballers have teamed up with the city’s health board to encourage more young women to have cervical smear tests.