Doctors address the pros and cons of Health Resources and Services Administration’s new guidance, including at-home ...

New cervical cancer screening guidelines from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force include self-collection of HPV samples for females starting at age 30. Anchiy/Getty Images Cervical cancer ...

Analyses of self-tests for human papillomavirus (HPV) can be used to divide HPV-positive women into three risk groups, according to a new study. This method could be important for enhancing cervical ...

Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) self-sampling promises to make the process of screening for cervical cancer easier, more ...

New guidelines now allow self-swab HPV testing, including one test that can be done at home and mailed in HPV self-collected screening is recommended every 3 years if the test result is negative Women ...

Independent physician-owned pathology lab OmniPathology launched an oral lab-developed PCR test that detects HPV. The test, which involves a throat swab, can detect 14 high-risk strains of the virus, ...

Many women are likely familiar with the Pap smear, but some might not know about the HPV test (human papillomavirus test). Pap smears and HPV tests are the most common ways to detect cervical cancer, ...

Editor's Note: One hundred years ago, Dr. George Papanicolaou first put vaginal smears under the microscope to study human vaginal cytology, using samples supplied by his wife. [1] Dr. Papanicolaou ...

The American Cancer Society is endorsing the use of self-swab kits to test for HPV, because they may reduce barriers to cervical cancer screening. The amended guidelines will "help improve compliance ...

Defining the minimum requirements for assigning a diagnosis of human papillomavirus (HPV)-related oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is increasingly important for the head-and-neck oncology ...

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force released new draft guidelines for cervical cancer screening, including recommendations for three screening methods. For the first time, the new recommendations ...