Say goodbye to the dreaded Pap smear. While skipping it has long been a major gyno-no, the annual health checkup for cervical ...

A major update to federal women’s health preventive guidance will make it easier for women to get screened for cervical ...

Federal guidelines are expanding the options for cervical cancer screenings beyond the often-disliked Pap smear ...

Guidelines expanded to include self-collection for HPV testing and revised guidance for exiting cervical cancer screening.

25 February 2022, Berlin: Medical personnel use a mammogram to examine a woman's breast for breast cancer. Photo: Hannibal Hanschke/dpa (Photo by Michael Hanschke/picture alliance via Getty Images) ...

Share on Pinterest What do the new cervical cancer screening guidelines say? We outline three key changes. Image credit: Maria Korneeva/Getty Images On December 4, the American Cancer Society (ACS) ...

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has updated its recommendations for breast cancer screening once again. The recommendations now stipulate that women and people assigned female at birth should ...

When the American Cancer Society recently unveiled changes to its lung cancer screening guidance, the aim was to remove barriers to screening and catch more cancers in high-risk people earlier.

Note: This review article focuses on cancer screening guidelines for average-risk individuals. Each professional organization uniquely evaluates the evidence base, and we are reporting guidelines with ...

The first half of 2023 has seen significant policy developments in early detection of breast cancer that hold promise to save many lives and reduce glaring disparities; yet, with every step forward ...

While physicians mostly applauded a government-appointed panel’s recommendation that women get routine mammography screening for breast cancer starting at age 40, down from 50, not everyone approves.

Experts changed the screening age to 25 because of the HPV vaccine's success. The American Cancer Society released new guidelines for cervical cancer screening Wednesday, calling for "less and more ...