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

Cervical cancer screening takes place in a couple of different ways. One is called co-testing, which includes Pap testing, an assessment of a sample of cervical cells for cancerous or precancerous ...

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 ...

Did you know cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women worldwide, with Sub-Saharan Africa carrying some of the highest rates? What makes this even more striking is that nearly all ...

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

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, ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

Screening is the most effective way to prevent a common form of cancer in women but not everyone is getting checked.