Nervous about attending cervical screening for the first time? No one jumps for joy when they receive their invitation to cervical screening so you are not alone. Also known as a ‘smear test’, many ...

Kim Montgomery was diagnosed with cervical cancer after putting off a smear test for 10 years. (SWNS) A mother who put off getting a smear test for a decade has been diagnosed with cervical cancer.

Dr. Marie Savard explains the differences between a Pap smear and a DNA test. April 7, 2009— -- A DNA test that detects the human papillomavirus, which causes cervical cancer, is more effective ...

Women should get a pap smear every three years because it can detect early warning signs of cervical cancer.

During the first round of screening, a human papillomavirus (HPV) test detected more abnormal cells grade 3 or worse in the cervix than a Papanicolau (Pap) smear, resulting in a lower liklihood of ...

This week the UK has held its annual Cervical Screening Awareness Week in order to raise awareness and encourage people to go and get their smear tests done. There are so many reasons why you should ...

GLASGOW, United Kingdom — Instead of attending a clinic to have a Pap smear test, in the future women may be able perform a test at home to check for cervical cancer. A British trial in 600 women ...

A new study published in JAMA found a higher rate of detection with HPV tests. Although most women are accustomed to having Pap smears to test for cervical cancer -- a disease that strikes 12,000 ...

A new test for cervical cancer was found to detect all of the cancers in a randomized clinical screening trial of 15,744 women, outperforming both the current Pap smear and human papillomavirus (HPV) ...

The number of women having cervical screenings has reached a 20-year low, with one in four failing to attend their appointment. But with two women dying every day from cervical cancer in the UK - and ...

Urine testing may be as effective as the smear test at preventing cervical cancer, according to new research by University of Manchester scientists. The study, led by Dr Emma Crosbie and published in ...

Pap smears used to detect cervical cancer could become less common according to researchers who found testing for the virus which causes the disease could be just as effective for many women. The U.S.