Nearly a third of those eligible, around 4.6 million women, have missed their latest test. Now it's hoped that this figure ...

A new initiative is set to offer women in England the option of performing cervical screening tests at home, aimed at boosting uptake and combating cervical cancer. The move targets those who have ...

One in three women do not attend their first smear test due to concerns over the invasive procedure - Peter Dazeley/The Image Bank RF A handheld device could end invasive smear tests for 98 per cent ...

Smear tests are nobody's favourite, but they're a vital part of healthcare. Now, the way you're tested for HPV is changing. From July, invitations for cervical screening will be sent out every five ...

An at-home cervical-screening test could encourage about 400,000 more women to be screened for the disease every year if adopted by the NHS. Researchers at King's College London have conducted a 'game ...

Researchers have found that testing period blood for signs of cervical cancer could be an accurate way of screening for the disease. Read: no more having a speculum shoved into you by a stranger every ...

New plans have been announced to shake up the way cervical cancer risk is detected in England: at-home HPV testing kits are set to be offered to women who have missed their cervical smear test ...

There is no evidence that tools used for cervical cancer screenings are cancerous, despite a video circulating online warning about the sterilisation process of test utensils. A controlled amount of ...

When I was 21, I received a letter from the NHS inviting me for a routine pap smear – to test for HPV and to check the health of my cervix. Usually the NHS waits until you’re 25 before sending these ...