The guidelines, "Self-collected vaginal specimens for HPV testing: Recommendations from the Enduring Consensus Cervical Cancer Screening and Management Guidelines Committee," were published in the ...

CDC investigators have found that the majority of primary care providers do not follow the recommended guidelines in HPV co-test and annual cervical screening continues. CDC (Centers for Disease ...

Over the past two decades, the United States has been transitioning from cytology to HPV-based screening for cervical cancer. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force currently recommends one of three ...

Although infection with human papillomavirus, or HPV, is the leading cause of cervical cancer, until now, an influential government group has been reluctant to recommend using the HPV test to screen ...

The American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology (ASCCP) has issued new guidelines reflecting the importance of extended genotyping in HPV testing to support an enhanced standard of patient ...

Federal guidelines are expanding the options for cervical cancer screenings beyond the often-disliked Pap smear. According to new recommendations released Monday by the Health Resources and Services ...

There are more than 100 varieties of human papillomavirus (HPV), which is an infection that causes warts in various parts of the body. There are more than 40 different strains of HPV that spread to ...