I have a condition called vaginismus that makes traditional cervical cancer screening nearly impossible.

Self-swab tests provide a simple way to catch early warning signs of cervical cancer.

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 ...

The FDA has expanded the approval of Hologic’s Aptima human papillomavirus (HPV) assay for clinician-collected primary ...

Transformative advances in prevention and early detection have brought us closer than ever to eliminating cervical cancer. In addition to being highly treatable in early stages, cervical cancer is one ...

Cervical cancer develops when cells of the cervix begin to change abnormally over time. These changes usually happen slowly ...

A smear test itself is a standard procedure. All women aged 25-49 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are invited for a cervical screening every three years (while in Scotland it's every five years ...

Women who have been vaccinated against human papillomavirus (HPV) should be screened for cervical cancer less often, a study has suggested.1 For women vaccinated at young ages, screening just two or ...

The 36-year-old shared her experience of undergoing treatment for severe pre-cancerous cells after years of putting off getting a smear test.

Maybe in Norway but probably not in the U.S., expert says ...

A recent study out of Norway suggests that female who have received the HPV vaccine may be able to have fewer cervical cancer ...