Cervical cancer screening is one of the best success stories in health care. Since the 1970s, the death rate from cervical ...
One of the most effective ways to prevent cervical cancer is through a Pap smear test—a simple yet powerful screening tool ...
Northwell Health partnered with Stacker to explore how a new Pap smear alternative may help prevent deaths from cervical ...
The self-test device that Mayo Clinic will use is the Evalyn Brush. The collection brush is housed inside a plastic tube, ...
The cervix is the lower part of a woman’s uterus or womb, which opens into the vagina. According to the World Health ...
It should be emphasized that regardless of the gestational age or Pap smear interpretation ... on the cervix be carefully sampled via cervical brush or biopsy or, when necessary, conization ...
For decades, a Pap smear has been the standard way to detect cervical cancer. The uncomfortable and, for some, painful procedure entails using a small brush or spatula to lightly scrape the cervix ...