Cervical cancer screening is one of the best success stories in health care. Since the 1970s, the death rate from cervical ...

Biopsy: If a Pap smear or HPV test shows abnormal results, a biopsy may be performed. This involves taking a small tissue sample from the cervix or vagina for further examination. A biopsy can ...

Northwell Health partnered with Stacker to explore how a new Pap smear alternative may help prevent deaths from cervical cancer.

17."At eight years old, I got my period. Obviously concerned about how young I was, my mom took me to the doctor. The doctor ...

Could the FDA’s recently approved Pap smear alternative reduce racial disparities ... cancer due to a lack of follow-up care after an abnormal screening. While insurance coverage and ...

"April had an abnormal Pap smear that showed some higher, high-grade cells, and then, she had a biopsy that showed cancer. The good news is that all the lymph nodes were clear. There were, however, ...

Women should go for a Pap Smear to be able to spot the abnormal cell changes in the cervix ... of the cervix for abnormalities. Even a biopsy will be suggested to know about the presence of ...

In 2022, 79,906 women died due to cervical cancer. Know more about the challenges, treatment, prevention and progress of ...

Innovations in screening for cervical neoplasia include speculoscopy, which is intended to supplement the Pap smear, and automated ... if the second Pap was abnormal, and speculoscopy followed ...

She said, “Your pap smear came back abnormal, which isn’t concerning ... “We need to bring you in for a biopsy,” Elizabeth flipped that remaining rock right over. I took a quick inhale, choking on the ...