ALMOST a third of women skip life-saving smear tests – often through fear or embarrassment. But millions of lives could be ...

Since its peak in 1991, the cancer death rate has dropped 34%, averting an estimated 4.5 million deaths due, in part, to earlier detection of the most common types of cancer. Screening tests are ...

A woman who ignored changes to her monthly period said routine tests could have saved her life. Carly Brown, from Devizes in Wiltshire, was 32 when she was diagnosed with cervical cancer, which was ...

50 million Americans due for colon cancer screening avoid it because they consider traditional tests so unpleasant. But now it can be as simple as a blood test. If you’re overdue for your colon cancer ...

The case for screening is even more urgent in India. According to GLOBOCAN estimates from 2022, India recorded roughly 1.4 ...

Regular cervical cancer screening using HPV testing and/or Pap tests can prevent up to 90% or more of cervical cancers by detecting and treating precancerous lesions early, making it one of the most ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- New federal screening guidelines are expanding ways for women to be tested for cervical cancer. Starting in January 2027, private insurers will cover a self-collection option ...

The new at-home test kits are meant to help ‘tackle deeply entrenched barriers’ stopping people from having this life-saving ...

Patients will be able to find out whether they have genes linked to cancer using a world-leading tool developed by the NHS.