Cathryn Russell, who was diagnosed with cervical cancer at 26, wants the screening age to be lowered.

BBC health journalists answer key questions as research suggests the HPV vaccine has prevented 200 deaths from cervical ...

My heart sunk when I read the letter. I had tested positive for HPV and my smear test result was "inadequate". I could almost hear my pulse thudding in my chest. I had no idea what this result meant ...

A Pap smear is a procedure that screens for cervical cancer by testing cells for any abnormalities. If your Pap results are abnormal that does not mean you have cancer, and more likely indicates HPV.

The Pap smear — a test which looks for the presence of abnormal cells in the cervix — is credited with making cervical cancer relatively rare in the United States. About 10,000 women are diagnosed ...

Pap smear testing has been safely used for decades to screen for cervical cancer. But across social media, health influencers ...

Many women are likely familiar with the Pap smear, but some might not know about the HPV test (human papillomavirus test). Pap smears and HPV tests are the most common ways to detect cervical cancer, ...

When I first looked at the news headlines this morning, my response was (sadly) unusual: "Yippee!" Researchers have found that testing period blood for signs of cervical cancer could be an accurate ...

A total of 22 GP practices across four health boards are rolling out self-sampling tests following a successful pilot programme ...

A national programme to prevent cancers caused by HPV could be the opportunity to catch up with the rest of Europe.