Women ages 30 and older can now use a swab to collect their own vaginal samples to screen for cervical cancer, according to new guidelines from a national health task force. Draft recommendations ...

Testing for high-risk human papillomaviruses every five years – even with a self-collected sample – is the “preferred screening strategy” for cervical cancer starting at age 30 ...

Following tests, she was diagnosed with stage-four cervical cancer and an MRI scan showed a large invasive tumour measuring 8cm x 5cm x 5cm. Cervical screening (a smear test) is a test to check ...

By Roni Caryn Rabin Doctors routinely advise that women undergoing screening for cervical cancer receive Pap smears every three years beginning at age 21. Now, beginning at 30, women have a new ...

Researchers found a reduction in cervical cancer mortality in women under the age of 25, which is likely due to the introduction of the HPV vaccine. Cervical cancer deaths have plunged ...