Metastatic cervical cancer is cervical cancer that has spread to distant regions of the body, such as the lymph nodes, lungs, or liver. Cervical cancer affects the lower part of the uterus — the area ...

Pre-cervical cancer refers to atypical changes in the cervix. Experts grade these changes based on the extent of the cellular abnormalities. Not everyone with atypical cervical cells develops cervical ...

Read our interview with experts from the WHO and the UN Inter-Agency Task Force on NCDs regarding efforts to eliminate ...

There's a new way to screen for high-risk HPV, a viral infection that can lead to cervical cancer. This alternative method of collecting samples for cervical cancer screening doesn't require a ...

Introduction Cervical cancer, a preventable disease, is the fourth most common cancer in women globally and disproportionately afflicts the poor. The International Agency for Research on Cancer ...

This year, on February 4, we celebrated World Cancer Day, highlighting the theme Close the Care Gap. Experts in both low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) and high-income countries (HICs) accept ...

To get screened for cervical cancer, patients in the United States may no longer need to put their feet in those awkward stirrups, brace for the uncomfortable speculum or even take the time off from ...

Sadly, we all likely know someone who has been impacted by cancer – and the type most likely to be seen in young women is cervical (it mainly impacts sexually active women between the ages of 30 and ...

In 2020, Anna Ogo underwent a pap smear as part of a routine checkup. Ogo felt stunned when the results were abnormal, and soon she learned she had cervical cancer. “I knew that disease existed,” the ...