ALMOST a third of women skip life-saving smear tests – often through fear or embarrassment. But millions of lives could be ...

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Cervical cancer can be prevented with timely screening and HPV vaccination. Learn about Pap smear tests, HPV DNA testing, ...

When they said not to wait for your first pap smear, they were not kidding. I got my first pap smear at 23, two years later than I should have. A month later, I learned my test result was abnormal. A ...

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Testing menstrual blood for HPV could be alternative to smear test, study finds - About 70 per cent of cases are prevented ...

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Dr. Marie Savard explains the differences between a Pap smear and a DNA test. April 7, 2009— -- A DNA test that detects the human papillomavirus, which causes cervical cancer, is more effective ...

Researchers found that an HPV test using menstrual blood was as effective as standard cervical screening ...