Metastatic cervical cancer is cervical cancer that has spread to distant regions of the body, such as the lymph nodes, lungs, or liver. Cervical cancer affects the lower part of the uterus — the area ...

Pre-cervical cancer refers to atypical changes in the cervix. Experts grade these changes based on the extent of the cellular abnormalities. Not everyone with atypical cervical cells develops cervical ...

Read our interview with experts from the WHO and the UN Inter-Agency Task Force on NCDs regarding efforts to eliminate ...

Cervical cancer is cancer that affects the cervix. This is the lower part of the uterus that forms a canal into the vagina. Cervical cancer used to be a major cause of cancer deaths in people who are ...

India continues to struggle with a heavy cervical cancer burden. The government's new HPV vaccination push is now being positioned as a crucial intervention, one that could finally bend the mortality ...

There's a new way to screen for high-risk HPV, a viral infection that can lead to cervical cancer. This alternative method of collecting samples for cervical cancer screening doesn't require a ...

To get screened for cervical cancer, patients in the United States may no longer need to put their feet in those awkward stirrups, brace for the uncomfortable speculum or even take the time off from ...

Self-collected vaginal specimens are now acceptable for cervical cancer screening, according to new guidelines from the American Cancer Society. Clinician-collected cervical specimens are still ...

Sadly, we all likely know someone who has been impacted by cancer – and the type most likely to be seen in young women is cervical (it mainly impacts sexually active women between the ages of 30 and ...

In 2020, Anna Ogo underwent a pap smear as part of a routine checkup. Ogo felt stunned when the results were abnormal, and soon she learned she had cervical cancer. “I knew that disease existed,” the ...