Experts estimate that over 13,000 new cervical cancer diagnoses occurred in the United States in 2025, accompanied by over 4,000 cervical cancer-related deaths. Five-year survival for patients ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the country’s first at-home HPV screening device. The test is designed as an alternative to the Pap smear, a procedure that detects precancerous ...

Wondering what to expect from a smear test? Learn why cervical screening matters, how the procedure works, and tips to make your appointment as comfortable and stress-free as possible.

New federal guidelines will make it easier for women to get screened for cervical cancer. According to the new recommendations by the Health Resources and Services Administration, women between the ...

A revolutionary development in cervical cancer screening is transforming the way millions of women approach their health care. The FDA’s recent approval of self-collection kits from leading healthcare ...

CLEVELAND — The Teal Wand detects high-risk types of Human Papillomavirus, the virus responsible for nearly all cervical cancers. Women can collect the sample at home and mail it to a lab for analysis ...

Doctors address the pros and cons of Health Resources and Services Administration’s new guidance, including at-home ...

Professor & Director, Daffodil Centre, A Joint Venture with Cancer Council NSW, University of Sydney Karen Canfell receives funding from a range of government and non-government sources. She is ...

ALMOST a third of women skip life-saving smear tests – often through fear or embarrassment. But millions of lives could be saved with a simple at-home test instead, according to new research. Please ...

Many people skip cervical screening, even when tests are available and effective. In a large study from Hubei Province, China, researchers found that testing menstrual blood for human papillomavirus ...

A bill ensuring Oregonians will not have to pay for necessary cervical cancer testing has passed the state legislature. Senate Bill 1527 prohibits insurance companies from imposing deductibles, ...

Dr. Carrie Frederick can think of many instances over her 14 years in practice in Oregon when patients tried to negotiate their way out of diagnostic testing for cervical cancer because of the ...