Regular screening can bend the odds in your favor when it comes to four types of cancers. The science is less clear for the ...

The purpose of these estimates is to inform state and local cancer care organizations and providers, patient support programs ...

In the Philippines’ Scale Up Cervical Cancer Elimination with Secondary prevention Strategy (SUCCESS) project, 96 percent of participants across urban and rural communities successfully self-collected ...

DURING SCREENING SEASON, which runs from March to December, LUCAS sets off on Mondays from the cancer institute in Morgantown ...

Cervical screening, while not a diagnostic test, is for people without symptoms and aims to detect early changes which could go on to develop into cervical cancer if left untreated. In some cases ...

HPV is a sexually transmitted group of viruses, with around 13 high-risk types known to cause almost all cases of cervical cancer. Most people with HPV don't experience any symptoms.

Cervical cancer screening more than doubled when women were offered a mail-in self-collection test for human papillomavirus (HPV), researchers reported June 6 in JAMA Internal Medicine. Virtually ...

Cervical screening, which used to be called a smear test, helps to prevent cervical cancer. All women with a cervix aged 25 to 64 are invited to be screened by the NHS.

Screening rates are highest (46.6%) with extra patient contact in addition to a phone reminder and home self-collection kit. Phone reminders for an office visit result in only 17.4% participation.

“With vaccination coverage reaching 90% nationwide and sustained at that level, we are on the path to eliminating cervical cancer in Guyana,” Dr Anthony stated. In addition to efforts ...

In this video, Leslie Boyd, MD, director of gynecology at NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue, discusses the impact of cervical cancer on patients’ quality of life.