Cervical cancer remains a leading cause of cancer-related death among women globally, despite the availability of effective prevention through human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination and HPV-based ...

Testing period blood for signs of cervical cancer could be an accurate and convenient way of screening for the disease, researchers say. The current NHS test involves a nurse or doctor taking a sample ...

Nicole Polizzi, best known to "Jersey Shore" fans as "Snooki," is being vulnerable about recent uncomfortable medical procedures. In a Jan. 21 TikTok video, the 38-year-old reality TV personality ...

The Jersey Shore alum shared that after years of receiving abnormal pap smear results—which led to closer monitoring by her physicians—further testing through a colposcopy and biopsy revealed her ...

Almost everyone who has sex will at some point get the virus that can cause cervical cancer. HPV, or human papillomavirus, is so prevalent that it’s like the “common cold of the cervix” for women, ...

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has updated its guidelines to include self-collection testing for cervical cancer screening for women aged 30-65 with average risk. Cervical ...

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Cervical cancer is one of the most preventable forms of cancer. Effective screening can detect precancerous changes years before cancer develops. But more than 4,300 women will die from cervical ...

The American Cancer Society (ACS) just updated its HPV screening guidelines to include self-collection of vaginal samples. This opens up testing to women who may have difficulty with HPV testing for ...

Cervical cancer screening can now include “self-swab” HPV tests, according to updated guidelines published Thursday by the American Cancer Society. The change, experts hope, will encourage more women ...

Self-collected vaginal specimens are now acceptable for cervical cancer screening, according to new guidelines from the American Cancer Society. Clinician-collected cervical specimens are still ...