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, ...

Cervical cancer is among the easiest gynecologic cancers to prevent, and two screening tests can help detect the disease early: the routine Pap smear and testing for human papillomavirus, or HPV. The ...

Mar. 26 -- TUESDAY, March 25 (HealthDay News) -- A new study confirms previous findings that human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA-based tests are more accurate than Pap smears in detecting precancerous ...

The Food and Drug Administration just approved an at home test that could be an optional alternative to a yearly pap smear. The test looks for human papilloma virus, or HPV, which causes nearly all ...

Athena Porter, an Iowa mother, shares her experience with cervical cancer caused by HPV, highlighting the importance of vaccination to prevent the disease.

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A Pap smear is a procedure that screens for cervical cancer by testing cells for any abnormalities. If your Pap results are abnormal that does not mean you have cancer, and more likely indicates HPV.

Several experts predicted the results would spur efforts to entirely replace the Pap test with the HPV test. "It's an important study," said Jason Wright, a gynecologic oncologist at ...

A Better Option for Screening Vaccinated (& Unvaccinated) Women? A more sensible strategy to screen for cervical cancer is to use the highly sensitive HPV DNA test as a first-line screen and the ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Medical Devices Advisory Committee Microbiology Panel unanimously voted that Roche Molecular Systems’ cobas viral DNA test is safe and effective as a ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first at-home screening test for cervical cancer, the product’s maker announced on Friday. The DIY test could serve as an alternative to ...

Two big studies suggest possible new ways to screen healthy people for cervical or prostate cancers, but a third disappointed those hoping for a way to detect early signs of deadly ovarian tumors. • ...