Self-collection means swabbing your vagina to get a sample of cells to test in the lab. In this case, the sample is used to ...

HPV self-collection was approved by the Federal Drug Administration in May 2024 as a primary test for cervical cancer — meaning that a patient does not need to have a Pap test or pelvic exam for the ...

If you've been putting off scheduling your Pap smear-maybe for months, maybe longer-take a deep breath. There's no judgment ...

Patients may be able to now use a long swab to collect samples for HPV testing — skipping the sometimes painful pap smear Stock image of a speculum; Stock image of cotton swabs. A new ...

Federal guidelines are expanding the options for cervical cancer screenings beyond the often-disliked Pap smear. According to new recommendations released Monday by the Health Resources and Services ...

Cervical cancer is often curable when diagnosed in its initial stages and is highly preventable if pre-cancerous abnormalities are caught early. Yet many individuals diagnosed with cervical cancer in ...

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The human papillomavirus is a common sexually transmitted disease that has the capacity to grow into warts and, sometimes, different types of cancers, according to the Centers for Disease Control and ...