Discover the 10 biggest medical achievements of this year, including: - The world’s first advances in medicine - A new ...

Christiana Kamara, 43, is one of four women who recently underwent life-saving surgery for early-stage invasive cervical ...

Each time a cell divides, a small section of each chromosome's protective cap—the telomere—is worn away. Most cells use an ...

Electra D. Paskett, PhD, MSPH, FACE, FAACR, was elected as a fellow to the American Association for Cancer Research Academy ...

Chinese women aged 65 years or older have significantly higher rates of high-risk human papillomavirus infection and cervical ...

The two most important things you can do to prevent cervical cancer are to get the HPV vaccine if you are eligible, and to be tested regularly according to American Cancer Society (ACS) guidelines.

New technique preserves major nerves, blood vessels, and other critical structures in a hard-to-access area. In a ...

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

South Dakota's All Women Count program provides early detection cancer screenings for over 1,500 low-income women.

Finding cervical cancer often starts with an abnormal HPV (human papillomavirus) or Pap test result. This will lead to further tests which can diagnose cervical cancer or pre-cancer. The Pap test and ...

No one wants to be diagnosed with or go through the physical and psychological toll of cancer. Which is why, sometimes, it's ...