(ABC News) -- Although most women are accustomed to having Pap smears to test for cervical cancer -- a disease that strikes 12,000 American women each year, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease ...

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 ...

The study provides proof of principle for a novel approach to early detection of ovarian cancer based on an assessment of genomic instability patterns in DNA from Papanicolaou (Pap) smears. Findings ...

The FDA approved the first at-home cervical cancer screening in May. Texas is the eighth state to have access to the test as ...

Newer test twice as effective at detecting cervical cancer. NEW YORK — A relatively new screening test was about twice as accurate as the traditional Pap smear at spotting cervical cancer, according ...

Three million people receive abnormal Pap smear results each year, but less than one percent are diagnosed with cervical ...

The recurrence score and chemotherapy treatment in node-positive, ER+ early-stage breast cancer patients in Israel. Background: This population based study investigates the patterns of care women with ...

If you can’t remember when you had your last pap smear, there’s a chance you might be due for another. So how often should you get a pap smear, exactly? We asked Dr. Margo Harrison, MD, OBGYN and Head ...

Now, a study published in the journal JAMA on Tuesday suggests that cervical HPV testing may be able to detect signs of cancer earlier and more effectively than Pap smear over a 48-month period. The ...