An initiative at Kaiser Permanente Washington suggests that providing self-collect cervical cancer test kits for patients (to ...

Testing for high-risk human papillomaviruses every five years – even with a self-collected sample – is the “preferred screening strategy” for cervical cancer starting at age 30, according to a new ...

Cervical cancer screening rates are down in recent years, but the rising acceptance of self-collection testing could improve ...

The FDA has approved two new self-screening tests for HPV. Patients would be able to access the self-screening test at a physician’s office. While these tests can act as a supplement, the pelvic exam ...

A Kaiser Permanente study published by NEJM Catalyst Innovations in Care Delivery provides real-world data on a new approach ...

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 from Karolinska Institutet and Queen Mary University of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . HPV-based vs. cytology-based screening was tied to lower risks for invasive cervical cancer. Adverse events were ...

Annalisa (Nalis) Merelli is a contributing writer at STAT focused on boys’ and men’s health. Pap smears must be a strong contender for the worst best thing to happen to gynecology. The test, alongside ...

Testing menstrual blood for human papillomavirus (HPV) could be a "robust alternative or replacement" for current cervical cancer screening by a clinician, finds a study from China published by The ...

HPV is a sexually transmitted infection (STI) that may not cause any symptoms in some people. However, certain strains of the virus can put certain individuals at a higher risk of developing cervical ...

Research has increasingly shown that HPV testing is more effective than cytology at detecting cervical precancer. A cohort study showed that patients who tested HPV negative had the lowest cumulative ...