HHS released updated cervical cancer screening guidelines on Jan. 5, allowing for self-administered HPV tests as an ...

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

Self-administered HPV tests involve inserting a plastic tube — similar to a tampon — into the vagina, then twisting the ...

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

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

The Pennsylvania Department of Health is reminding residents that regular screening plays a key role in preventing and ...

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WASHINGTON, June 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- New survey results exploring cervical cancer screening behaviors and attitudes show that a significant majority of health care providers (HCPs) and women ...

With the prospect of vaccines eliminating most cases of cervical cancer, the status of the Pap smear is uncertain. Two gynecologists address the issue. Ever since women began getting Pap tests more ...

The term ASCUS indicates minor cellular change detected on Papanicolaou (Pap) test results. Since most abnormal changes that occur to the cervix are the result of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, ...

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 ...

Testing for cervical cancer using HPV testing in addition to the Pap smear is unlikely to detect cancer cases that wouldn't be found using HPV testing alone. A new paper in the Journal of the National ...