From age 30 onward, testing every 5 years is recommended if both a Pap smear and an HPV test are performed together.

More than half of women surveyed mistakenly believed that Pap smears test for cancer. In reality, the primary goal of the test is to detect abnormal cell changes in the cervix — changes that ...

Omni Family Health Omni Family Health is raising awareness about cervical cancer and the importance of early detection ...

In the second study reported in the New England Journal of Medicine, over 12,000 women aged 32 to 38 years were randomly assigned to receive either an HPV test plus a Pap smear or, as a control ...

A Papanicolaou test, also known as a Pap smear or Pap test, checks for abnormal cervical cells which could lead to cancer if left untreated, but they don't test for HPV itself. An HPV test, however, ...

To understand this troubling trend, AXA Health Insurance surveyed women in the UK and identified the most common misconceptions about cervical screenings. Pap smears don’t test for cancer: Over half ...