Around 14 types of HPV are considered high risk for cervical cancer and two of these types (HPV 16 and HPV 18) cause about 70 ...

—Cervical biopsy diagnoses vary at multiple levels, including between laboratory facilities, pathologists, and colposcopists, according to a group of US-based researchers. These inconsistencies very ...

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Read our interview with experts from the WHO and the UN Inter-Agency Task Force on NCDs regarding efforts to eliminate ...

A generation of children born with HIV are now coming of age and reaching sexual maturity. Girls in this group who are sexually active are experiencing a higher number than expected of cervical ...

A woman hit with advanced cervical cancer at 25 has urged others to attend every screening test—after she delayed her smear due to fears sparked by 'online horror stories'. Jasmin McKee, now 26, from ...

Cervical myelopathy and cervical radiculopathy are neurologic conditions. They both originate in the neck and cause a loss of function. Cervical myelopathy is caused by compression of the spinal cord ...

Although breast cancer takes the top spot and most of the attention, cervical cancer is still one of the most common cancers ...

For months, Sharon had been anxiously waiting the results of her pap smear test. She had taken the test back in December under Ireland's national cervical check screening program, and as she had taken ...

Cervical spinal stenosis refers to a narrowing of the spinal canal. If the canal narrows significantly, it can become too small for the spinal cord and nerve roots. This can cause pressure and result ...