Despite the fact that the incidence of cervical squamous cell carcinoma has decreased, there is an increase in the incidence of cervical adenocarcinoma. However, our knowledge on cervical ...

Cervical cancer is the fourth most common female cancer, with the uterine ectocervix being the most commonly affected site. However, cervical stem cells, their differentiation, and their regulation ...

It is possible to have an abnormal smear but a normal colposcopy result. This can happen when someone has a human papillomavirus (HPV) infection but no precancerous mutations in the cervix. Cervical ...

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.

In the normal tissue image, cellular nuclei (red) are sparse and no fibrous structure (green) can be recognized around the cells. In contrast, in the cervical cancer image, nuclei of cancer cells are ...

One clinician took issue with the image published in a January 2016 Clinical Advisor article. I am an experienced colposcopist and teach in the areas of human papillomavirus (HPV), cervical cancer ...

Smear tests - or cervical screenings, as they're also often called - come around every three years for most women. When you reach the age of 25, you're called in for the procedure, and it's important ...

Cervical cancer is a largely preventable and treatable disease, if detected early. Yet, many women ignore or misinterpret early warning signs, attributing them to hormonal changes, infections, stress, ...