Self-collection means swabbing your vagina to get a sample of cells to test in the lab. In this case, the sample is used to ...

A doctor and public health expert explains why the new federal guidelines expanding cervical cancer screening to at-home ...

A Pap test is administered by a health-care professional who collects a cell sample from a patient’s cervix. The sample is ...

Finding the perfect early screening test for cancer remains a persistent challenge for the health industry. But new findings suggest that blood tests still being assessed are showing promising results ...

Testing for high-risk human papillomaviruses every five years – even with a self-collected sample – is the “preferred screening strategy” for cervical cancer starting at age 30, according to a new ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Omer Awan is a practicing physician who covers public health. Lung cancer screening remains strikingly underused, with ...

A prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test is a blood test that measures a protein released in the blood by prostate cells. Both normal and cancerous prostate cells release the protein. Most of the time, ...