A revolutionary development in cervical cancer screening is transforming the way millions of women approach their health care. The FDA’s recent approval of self-collection kits from leading healthcare ...
A Pap smear, also called a Pap test or a Papanicolaou test, describes a procedure that removes cells from the surface of a woman’s cervix and surrounding tissue for microscopic examination. Once a ...
Self-collection means swabbing your vagina to get a sample of cells to test in the lab. In this case, the sample is used to ...
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The FDA has approved a new at-home test for cervical cancer screening that could make early detection more accessible for ...
Cervical cancer is one of the most preventable forms of cancer. Effective screening can detect precancerous changes years before cancer develops. But more than 4,300 women will die from cervical ...
(CBS) -- The maker of an at-home cervical cancer screening test said Friday it has won approval from the Food and Drug Administration, giving patients an alternative to in-clinic pap smears. The ...
Routine Pap smears are life-saving. These survivors’ stories underscore an important truth: cervical cancer doesn’t always ...