While the Pap was invented in the 1940s and involves inspecting cervical cells for precancerous or cancerous shifts, in the ...
U.S. guidance announced on Monday recommends self-collection of samples to test for HPV, the virus that often causes cervical ...
The guidelines, published Jan. 5 by the Health Resources and Services Administration, now recommend that average-risk women ...
New federal guidelines have expanded the options for cervical cancer screenings to include an at-home option — and no ...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first at-home screening test for cervical cancer, the product’s maker announced on Friday. The DIY test could serve as an alternative to ...
Doctors typically swab a patient’s cervix in clinical settings to test for high-risk strains of the human papillomavirus, an ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health regulators have cleared a genetic test from Roche as a first-choice screening option for cervical cancer. It was a role previously reserved for the Pap smear, the ...
A new DIY home swab kit for cervical cancer aims to make Pap smears more comfortable. It's set to be available to Californians in June, with other states to follow. This article is part of a series on ...
A pap smear, sometimes called a pap test, is a procedure that screens for cervical cancer — and is typically done during an annual well-woman visit with a gynecologist. In this article, we discuss how ...