A significant update to cervical cancer screening guidelines will enable younger women to undergo smear tests less frequently. As of next month, women between 25 and 49, who have previously tested ...

The USPSTF recommends cervical cancer screening every 3 years with cervical cytology alone in women ages 21 to 29 years and every 5 years with hrHPV primary screening for women aged 30 to 65 years ...

The self-collection method offers an additional cervical cancer screening option for women age 30 to 65, according to new guidelines published this week by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.

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 ...

Guidelines recommend that women over age 65 years who have had adequate prior cervical cancer screening can stop because, beyond this point, women face a low risk for cervical cancer and cancer death.

Beyond finding cancer early, colorectal and cervical cancer screening can also help prevent disease, Dr. Smith said. For example, doctors can remove polyps, or suspicious, potentially precancerous ...

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 option.

Per the WHO cervical cancer screening and treatment guidelines published in 2021, the general population of women in LMICs should undergo primary HPV screening in a screen-and-treat or screen ...

METHODOLOGY: Researchers conducted a retrospective analysis of cervical cancer screening data from Shenzhen, China (2017-2023), to assess hr-HPV distribution and cervical intraepithelial neoplasia ...