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 ...

HPV is common, but cervical cancer doesn’t have to be. With vaccination and regular screening, most cases are totally ...

(CBS) -- The maker of an at-home cervical cancer screening test said Friday it has won approval from the Food and Drug Administration, giving patients an alternative to in-clinic pap smears. The ...

Smear tests are nobody's favourite, but they're a vital part of healthcare. Now, the way you're tested for HPV is changing. From July, invitations for cervical screening will be sent out every five ...

Screening is the most effective way to prevent a common form of cancer in women but not everyone is getting checked.

Persistent HPV infection is the principal cause of cervical cancer. HPV-based screening is effective but has limited ...

Screening is the most effective way to prevent a common form of cancer in women, but not everyone is getting checked.

New plans have been announced to shake up the way cervical cancer risk is detected in England: at-home HPV testing kits are set to be offered to women who have missed their cervical smear test ...

A new proposal recommends replacing routine pap smears with HPV testing every five years for women over 30, signaling a serious shift in cervical cancer screening guidelines. reading time 3 minutes ...

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 ...

AI can be used to detect cervical cancer in women in resource-limited parts of the world. However, for this method to work, ...

Home cervical screening tests being trialled in the UK are expected to also come on stream in Ireland, a leading ...