Experts estimate that over 13,000 new cervical cancer diagnoses occurred in the United States in 2025, accompanied by over 4,000 cervical cancer-related deaths. Five-year survival for patients ...
The percentage of women in their 20s who have never been screened for cervical cancer has been increasing at a disturbing rate over the past 20 years—to the point that almost a third of women ages 21 ...
Cervical cancer screening adherence is below 10%, with frequent guideline updates causing confusion among patients and clinicians. The COVID-19 pandemic worsened nonadherence and HPV vaccine awareness ...
Starting at 30, women can collect their own vaginal samples for HPV testing at a doctor’s office. By Roni Caryn Rabin Doctors routinely advise that women undergoing screening for cervical cancer ...
A cross-sectional study of women in Dakar and Kédougou, Senegal, found that higher cervical cancer–related stigma scores were ...
In 2018, there were approximately 570,000 new cases of cervical cancer worldwide. More than 85% of cases occurred in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), primarily because of poor access to ...
Cervical cancer remains one of the most formidable public health challenges facing women in India, where screening coverage ...
Cervical screening in Australia has changed over the past seven years. The test has changed, and women (and people with a cervix) now have much more choice and control. Here’s why – and what you can ...
Windhoek—“In 2020, I underwent screening and was told that I had lesions, so I was put on treatment,” said Wendy Kalima, a 43-year-old woman from Sibbinda village in Namibia’s Zambezi region. After ...
For Virgine Umuhoza, the warning signs came gradually. She noticed abnormal bleeding and unusual vaginal discharge but initially thought the bleeding could be part of her normal menstrual cycle or a ...