Cervical cancer is a type of cancer that originates in the cervix—the lower part of the uterus that connects to the vagina.

About 12,000 Nigerian women are diagnosed with cervical cancer annually, despite the disease being largely preventable, the ...

New research suggests that an “often-overlooked” parasitic infection, already linked to bladder cancer, may also raise the risk of cervical cancer.

Researchers have found that Schistosoma haematobium may increase cervical cancer risk by altering gene activity, even after ...

Schistosoma haematobium, responsible for urogenital schistosomiasis, affects more than 110 million people worldwide.

Known as high-risk strains, they are included in routine screenings. Cervical cancer, which causes cells in the cervix to grow out of control, can take more than a decade to develop, according to ...

Keytruda (pembrolizumab) was given an accelerated approval in 2018 as a second-line therapy for PD-L1-positive cervical cancer, but the new survival data – from the phase 3 KEYNOTE-826 trial ...