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 ...

Professor & Director, Daffodil Centre, A Joint Venture with Cancer Council NSW, University of Sydney Karen Canfell receives funding from a range of government and non-government sources. She is ...

Rice University bioengineers have demonstrated a low-cost, point-of-care DNA test for HPV infections that could make cervical cancer screening more accessible in low- and middle-income countries where ...

A pap smear or cervical screening is not the most exciting errand, but if you've been putting it off you may have different options this time. While you may be familiar with the term "pap smear", the ...

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 ...

Receiving a sample collection kit by mail helped people who were behind on cervical cancer screening take part in this regular checkup. A clinical trial assessed whether mailing kits to take a cell ...

Women should have the option of taking their own test samples for cervical cancer screening, an influential health panel said Tuesday.Draft recommendations from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force ...

Legs harnessed in an airborne straddle. Feeble pleas from your ob-gyn to scooch up. Cold, clunky metal speculum pushed into your vagina, followed by clanging and scraping. Pap smears are, at worst, a ...