An influential panel of experts is calling for new changes to the current recommendations surrounding cervical cancer screening—changes that should result in fewer pap smears for many women ...

and a history of abnormal Papanicolaou smears, human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, cervical dysplasia, or sexually transmitted infection (or a combination of these) increase the risk.

HPV screening — rather than a pap smear — is more effective at detecting cervical cancer, according to a US task force Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...

By Roni Caryn Rabin 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 ...

The most common cause of an abnormal Pap smear is infection with the human papillomavirus (HPV), which can lead to changes in the cervical cells over time. Some of these changes in the cells are ...

Women ages 30 and older can now use a swab to collect their own vaginal samples to screen for cervical cancer ... 65 years old can forego dreaded Pap smears to detect HPV, the most common sexually ...

The task force has introduced a recommendation that women over the age of 30 test for high-risk human papilloma viruses (HPV) every five years rather than relying on pap smears to detect cervical ...