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.
Short-interval HPV retesting showed promise for identifying high-risk cervical neoplasia in HPV-positive patients. A positive repeat HPV test at 2 months had 82-88% sensitivity for high-grade cervical ...
Being diagnosed with human papillomavirus (HPV) can be upsetting, to say the least. Many people already know about the link between HPV and various forms of cancer. But there’s no reason to freak out, ...
Annalisa (Nalis) Merelli is a contributing writer at STAT focused on boys’ and men’s health. Pap smears must be a strong contender for the worst best thing to happen to gynecology. The test, alongside ...
Analyses of self-tests for human papillomavirus (HPV) can be used to divide HPV-positive women into three risk groups, according to a new study from Karolinska Institutet and Queen Mary University of ...
January is Cervical Cancer Awareness month and cancer experts at Intermountain Health want to bring awareness to issues related to cervical cancer, the tests that can warn women about potential cancer ...
The addition of human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA testing to either conventional or liquid-based cytology has previously been shown to increase detection rates of high-grade cervical intraepithelial ...
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 ...
Cervical cancer is one of the most preventable cancers, although recent research suggests that the United States is backsliding in efforts to detect the disease early, when it is most curable. A new ...
A blood test based on whole-genome sequencing achieved 99% sensitivity and specificity for detecting HPV-positive head and neck cancer. Early postoperative detection of circulating tumor DNA predicted ...