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New cervical cancer screening guidelines include at-home HPV tests. Here's what docs think of them
Self-swab tests provide a simple way to catch early warning signs of cervical cancer.
Is it possible to know you have cervical cancer before it’s even cancer? You may be surprised to hear the answer is a resounding yes! But rather than looking for cervical cancer symptoms, the best ...
High-risk human papillomaviruses (HR-HPV) are the necessary cause of cervical carcinomas and there is an increasing interest in using HR-HPV DNA detection in adjunction to cytological examination for ...
January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month, highlighting the importance of cervical health and routine screenings. Screening matters because cervical cancer is one of the most preventable cancers when ...
Hence, it is advisable to start screening from 3 years after the first sexual intercourse. The western medical literature fixes 21 years as the ideal age to screen for cervical cancer. However, in the ...
A pelvic exam is a doctor’s visual and physical examination of a woman’s reproductive organs. During the exam, the doctor inspects the vagina, cervix, fallopian tubes, vulva, ovaries, and uterus.
Although a routine smear test could save countless women from cervical cancer many in the North East are ignoring appointment invites. Health reporter JANE PICKEN finds out how one simple examination ...
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