New federal guidelines reshape cervical cancer prevention by expanding self-collection, eliminating cost sharing, and aiming to reach millions of women who have been left out of routine screening.

Testing for high-risk human papillomaviruses every five years – even with a self-collected sample – is the “preferred screening strategy” for cervical cancer starting at age 30, according to a new ...

The 2026 Women’s Preventive Services Initiative’s (WPSI) updated cervical cancer issued updated screening guidelines.

Cervical cancer is often curable when diagnosed in its initial stages and is highly preventable if pre-cancerous abnormalities are caught early. Yet many individuals diagnosed with cervical cancer in ...

A major update to federal women’s health preventive guidance will make it easier for women to get screened for cervical cancer, including a self-collection option that allows some women to test ...

Testing menstrual blood for human papillomavirus (HPV) could be a "robust alternative or replacement" for current cervical cancer screening by a clinician, finds a study from China published by The ...

Self-collected vaginal specimens are now acceptable for cervical cancer screening for women ages 30 to 65 with an average risk of cervical cancer, according to new guidelines released Jan. 5 by the ...

Research has increasingly shown that HPV testing is more effective than cytology at detecting cervical precancer. A cohort study showed that patients who tested HPV negative had the lowest cumulative ...