HPV self-tests allow patients to collect a sample themselves, instead of having a healthcare provider collect it.

The substantial improvement in screening uptake among NH Black and Hispanic women highlights the effectiveness of combining culturally competent education with HPV self-sampling. Disparities in ...

(CNN) — Instead of a traditional speculum-involved pelvic exam to screen for cervical cancer, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has given the go-ahead for patients to have the option to collect ...

The American Cancer Society now says a self-collected vaginal swab to test for HPV, which causes nearly all cervical cancer cases, is acceptable for screening.

We actually have two new findings. Uh The first is that we are now recommending HPV screening. Ideally for women 30 to 65 every five years, we are also able to make *** recommendation about self ...

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has endorsed self-testing as a viable option for cervical cancer screening in an effort to make testing more accessible and reduce cancer rates nationwide. The ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women who forgo screening for cervical cancer may be more inclined to participate in such programs if they're provided with a kit to obtain cervical samples at home, Dutch ...

Editor’s Note: Dr. Megan L. Ranney is an emergency physician and dean of Yale School of Public Health. Dr. Monique Rainford is an obstetrician and gynecologist, and assistant professor of Clinical ...

Previously called a Pap smear, Cervical Screening Tests have come a long way since the scheme was first introduced in Australia in 1991. For example, I had my first test at 21-years-old, pre-2017. It ...

Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer among women in Kenya after breast cancer and fourth globally. [iStockphoto] An ongoing medical camp in Kisii County has so far detected the ...