A 2018 Cochrane review, which included data from 26 trials and more than 70,000 patients, demonstrated that in females 15-26, the HPV vaccine decreased rates of CIN by 99 per cent.

What is cervical cancer? The cervix is the opening of the uterus, and cervical cancer means malignant cells are found in tissues there. In the United States, it's one of the most common cancers, with ...

With the return to in-person health care, doctors are saying there's an unexpectedly long delay for Pap smear results. Some women in B.C. have waited up to six months to get their tests back.

This photomicrograph shows cancerous cells detected by a Pap test. Canada is phasing out the Pap test for a more accurate HPV detection test that can be performed less often. A.

Ottawa physicians hosting pop-up Pap test clinic to encourage overdue sexual health tests The Pap-apalooza event will be at the Rideau Valley Health Centre in Barrhaven on May 5.

In one study, 93% of women aged 16 to 23 years with normal Pap smear test results but who were positive for types 16 and 18 HPV—the most likely subtypes to cause cancerous changes—had cleared ...

The terms high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (HSIL), moderate to severe dysplasia, and CIN 2 or 3 are used to classify precancerous lesions. 3 The most common high-risk genotypes of HPV ...