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

Women 65 and older face significantly higher rates of cervical cancer-causing HPV infections than younger women, despite current medical guidelines that typically discontinue screening at 65. The ...

A mother of three was blindsided by a cervical cancer diagnosis just days before her 30th birthday — despite experiencing symptoms she had dismissed as nothing serious.

Women aged 65 and above are still at heightened risk of cervical cancer caused by human papillomavirus (HPV), suggest the ...

In 2025, the American Cancer Society estimates that around 13,360 new cases of invasive cervical cancer will be diagnosed in ...

If your doctor finds cervical polyps during a routine pelvic exam and Pap smear, they’ll probably take a sample of the tissue and send it to the lab to make sure it’s not cancer. They’ll ...

U.K. study: HPV vaccine reduced cervical cancer rates by 87% in women who were vaccinated at 12 and 13 03:48. The maker of an at-home cervical cancer screening test said Friday it has won approval ...

Patients with D polyps were younger (mean = 40.3 vs. 49.8 years, p = .009) and more likely to have abnormal cervical cytological result before polyp removal (67% vs. 21%, p = .014) as compared ...

Women in Alabama are more likely to die from cervical cancer than most other states in the nation, yet few young people are getting vaccinated to help prevent the disease. Less than 40% of 14-18 ...

This year about 53,000 Americans are expected to die from colon or rectal cancer.Doctors say most people should start getting screened at age 45. Yet many who are eligible skip testing.. When most ...

“We can also see a cervical polyp, which does have an increased risk of cancer, when we perform an exam as opposed to the vaginal smear of an HPV test,” Dr. Greves says.