Rates of cervical cancer have decreased dramatically in the past decades. A local women’s healthcare professional spoke about ...

January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month, so it’s a great time to remind ourselves that routine screenings are a critical ...

While medical experts continue to search for a cure, prevention and early detection to facilitate timely treatment can help ...

By Roni Caryn Rabin Doctors routinely advise that women undergoing screening for cervical cancer receive ... Instead of undergoing a pelvic exam, these patients may go to a doctor’s office ...

On Dec. 10, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force published updated cervical cancer screening recommendations, including guidance that would allow for patients to use self-collection, as opposed to ...

“It’s an exciting new change," Jessica DiSilvestro, MD, a gynecologic oncologist at Tufts Medical ... into cervical cancer. A physician has to collect the sample during a pelvic exam, Tout ...

Testing for high-risk human papillomaviruses every five years – even with a self-collected sample – is the “preferred screening strategy” for cervical cancer starting at age 30 ...

Contrary to popular belief, cervical cancer is not exclusive to older women. While the majority of cases are diagnosed in ...

A 26-year-old woman with a 2-month history of postcoital bleeding—which she described as very heavy loss and lasting 2 days—attended our unit.