The prospect of going for a smear test can be daunting. It can feel unnatural to have such an intimate screening, and the ...

A woman who survived cervical cancer has advocated the importance of smear tests after she said having one saved her life. Stacey Roberts, 37, from Peterborough, has been in remission for three years ...

More than a third of young women say they are too embarrassed to have a smear ... over the shape and the smell of their vagina. Women above the age of 25 are entitled to have the test every ...

Women are invited by the NHS for their first smear test at the age ... every five years between 50 and 64. But one in three miss their appointment due to concerns over the invasive procedure ...

A woman has expressed her anger after being diagnosed with cervical cancer more than two years after her smear test result was incorrectly ... "I am angry over it because it's not only [meant ...

A mum-of-two was diagnosed with cervical cancer after bungling hospital staff gave her the wrong smear test results ... struggled a bit with anxiety over my health. “Because of that, I always ...

Sophie Davies, from Shropshire, recovering from cervical cancer, says delays to screening could be a matter of life and death Smear-test delays during lockdown have prompted calls for home ...

Here are all the key facts. More than 31,000 women and people with cervixes in London are being offered at-home DIY smear test kits on the NHS for the first time, in a move experts hope will boost ...

Screening guidelines recommend starting Pap smears at age 21 and integrating HPV ... HPV becomes persistent in the cervix and this can over a span of many years cause cancer.