More than 12,000 women a year get cervical cancer, yet up to 93% of these cancers are preventable. The Centers for Disease Control reports that up to 8 million American women have not been screened for cervical cancer in the last 5 years, which is approximately 10% of...
Cervical cancer
New Cervical Cancer Screening Guidelines
New guidelines for cervical cancer screening have been released by the American Cancer Society in conjunction with the U.S. Preventive Task Force (USPTF) that are based on new understanding of the role that human papillomavirus (HPV) infection plays in the development...