Cancer screenings play a critical role in protecting long-term health. They can detect cancer early, when treatment is most ...

So you went for your regular ob-gyn checkup, had a routine Pap smear...then promptly forgot about it as you continued your busy life. Now your doc has left you a message telling you that it came back ...

The HPV vaccine does not replace Pap smears. Vaccination and screening must go hand in hand. The HPV vaccine protects against ...

The Pap test has already reduced the incidence of cervical cancer by more than 60%. Now it may become a key step in the early detection of two other gynecological malignancies — ovarian and ...

A pap smear screening is one of most effective ways of preventing cervical cancer. But the screening can be frustrating to do regularly—and downright uncomfortable to have performed. Women's expert Dr ...

A pap smear is a quick and simple method of cervical screening to detect changes in the cervix that may lead to cervical cancer in women. Using the pap smear as a screening test to help detect any ...

Want to prevent cervical cancer? One of your best bets: Get a Pap. In the past 50 years, routine Pap smears have reduced deaths from cervical cancer by 74 percent, according to the American Cancer ...

A Pap smear, or Pap test, is a screening tool to check for cervical cancer and cervical cell changes. But occasionally, even when there are no precancerous cells, the tests can reveal evidence of ...

On the heels of the mammogram mess, women now given guidelines on pap smears. Nov. 20, 2009— -- Pap smears may no longer be called "annuals" if doctors follow new cervical cancer screening ...