Many women get a Pap smear every few years during checkups at the gynecologist's office. Doctors do these tests to check for early signs of cancer of the cervix, the canal that connects your vagina to ...

Requiring all HIV-infected women to undergo pap smears every six months to test for the papillomavirus that causes cervical cancer may not be necessary, researchers said on Tuesday. U.S. government ...

Given the high prevalence of HPV infection and increased rates of squamous intraepithelial lesions and ICC seen in HIV-infected women, a comprehensive screening program is warranted. The sensitivity ...

Most women in their 20s can have a Pap smear every two years instead of annually, say new guidelines that conclude that's enough to catch slow-growing cervical cancer. The change by the American ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Women in the United States should start cervical cancer screening at age 21 and most do not need an annual Pap smear, according to new guidelines issued on Friday that aim to ...