HPV screening — rather than a pap smear — is more effective at detecting cervical cancer, according to a US task force ...

In the second conference, participants noted that DNA testing for human papillomavirus (HPV) can be used to screen women with mildly abnormal Pap smears. Women with ASC-US findings can be managed ...

The Papanicolaou (Pap) smear is commonly used to screen for cervical cancer and since its introduction in organized screening programmes in resource-rich countries it has been successful in ...

Doctors routinely advise that women undergoing screening for cervical cancer receive Pap smears every three years beginning at age 21. Now, beginning at 30, women have a new option.

Currently, the pap smear — in which cells taken from the ... is the best balance between the benefits and the harms in finding cervical cancer, and that should be offered first and when ...

Average age of patients at index Pap smear was 34.2 years (range = 15 ... this cohort of 117 women with AGC and negative initial evaluation findings developed fewer significant delayed diagnoses ...

Eight women whose smear tests were misread by screeners went on to develop cancer ... This is a more sensitive screening ...

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force pitched an update to its guidelines for cervical cancer screening, endorsing HPV ...