Currently, the National Cervical Screening Programme, which includes self-testing, is the only national screening programme ...

Did you know cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women worldwide, with Sub-Saharan Africa carrying some of ...

Pap smears are screening tools to detect any abnormal changes in cervical cells which may indicate cancer or HPV.

The WHO strategic plan for elimination of cervical cancer and how a combination of prevention, screening, and treatment can ...

Simple hysterectomy may result in little to no difference in the number of deaths from any cause, life expectancy after treatment, deaths from cancer, cancer-free period after treatment, or the rate ...

When caught early through routine screening, cervical cancer is curable. While nearly all cervical cancer cases are linked to Human Papillomavirus (HPV) infection, experts emphasise that the disease ...

HPV is common, but cervical cancer doesn’t have to be. With vaccination and regular screening, most cases are totally ...

A new government report adds to evidence that the HPV vaccine, once called dangerous by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is preventing cervical cancer in young women. The ...

VISITS. IN TONIGHT’S WOMAN’S DOCTOR, CERVICAL CANCER IS ON THE RISE IN MILLENNIAL WOMEN. LACEE GRIFFITH TALKED WITH THE MERCY MEDICAL CENTER DOCTOR ABOUT WHY THIS IS HAPPENING. A JAMA STUDY SHOWED THE ...

A vaccine administered to adolescent girls and boys has been so successful that herd immunity against a virus that causes cervical cancer is within reach, at least in the United States. However, ...

Profmed’s Dr Moratwe Masima talks about preventative care in South Africa and why screening should be a standard part of ...

Social, economic, cultural, and environmental policies, in conjunction with health system performance and equitable access to ...