Pap tests and HPV testing are a vital part of women's health care, but many people dread the invasive examination every three years. For some women, particularly sexual violence survivors, getting ...

A Pap Smear is one of the most common tests recommended for cervical cancer. But who should get it and who can be exempted from it? How frequently must one get? At what age should one get their first ...

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 ...

Three million people receive abnormal Pap smear results each year, but less than one percent are diagnosed with cervical cancer.

HPV screening — rather than a pap smear — is more effective at detecting cervical cancer, according to a US task force Lordn/Getty Images The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force is looking to update ...

Dr. Marie Savard explains the differences between a Pap smear and a DNA test. April 7, 2009— -- A DNA test that detects the human papillomavirus, which causes cervical cancer, is more effective ...

The tool will allow women to screen for HPV, which causes almost all cases of cervical cancer, without visiting a doctor. By Maggie Astor The Food and Drug Administration approved the United States’ ...

Women should get a pap smear every three years because it can detect early warning signs of cervical cancer.

More than half of pelvic examinations and almost three-quarters of Pap tests performed on young U.S. women from 2011 through 2017 were potentially unnecessary, a study published in JAMA Internal ...