Screening of cervical cancer is an important part of a routine health check-up for women because it helps to identify any ...

Getting your first "Pap smear" is a dubious rite of passage into American womanhood. Though we've all heard that we're supposed to get tested each year, we may not know lots of other important things ...

The pap smear (or pap test) is one of the cornerstones of women's health. It was introduced in the 1940's as a way to screen for abnormal cervical cells. Starting at the age of 21 women are ...

A normal colposcopy result means a person has no cervical cancer cells, including precancerous ones. Abnormal results may indicate a person has cancerous or precancerous cells in their cervix.

AUGUSTA, Ga (WJBF) – Cervical cancer was once one of the most common causes of cancer death for American women. Today, the number of deaths from cervical cancer has declined, mainly due to the ...

A study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine found that lack of awareness resulted in women over 65 and those who had undergone hysterectomy routinely undergoing a Pap test. As ...

A negative HPV test should extend the cervical cancer screening interval. Clinicians are more likely to test the patient more frequently when using Pap and human papillomavirus (HPV) tests together.

DEAR DOCTOR K: I’ve had a Pap test every year for 20 years, since I was about 25. It’s always normal. Do I still need one every year? DEAR READER: The answer used to be yes. The reason was that doing ...

(HealthDay News) — The cobas human papillomavirus (HPV) test is an effective, one-test alternative to the current recommendation of screening with either a Pap test alone or a combination of the HPV ...

The pre-HPV vaccination burden of ambulatory care visits and procedures related to cervical cancer screening is assessed, with projected effects of HPV vaccination and testing. Pap tests were ordered ...

Jan. 09--Recent draft guidelines by two influential groups say healthy women should wait until they are 21 for their first Pap smear, stop at 65 after adequate screening and wait three years between ...