cervical cancer

CHICAGO (AP) -- About 16 million Americans have oral HPV, a sexually transmitted virus more commonly linked with cervical cancer that also can cause mouth cancer, according to the first nationwide estimate....

(Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care) Studies currently available provide indications and a "hint" that precursors of cervical cancer can be detected and treated earlier, and consequently tumors occur less often, in women who underwent testing for HPV than in women who solely received a Pap smear.

However, both screening procedures carry the risk of unnecessary treatments after testing.

The specialist: A director of the Division of Gynecologic Oncology at Mount Sinai, Linus Chuang is a surgeon who specializes in women’s cancers of the cervix, ovaries and uterus.

A test that looks for the virus that causes most cases of cervical cancer may be the best way to screen women over age 30 for the disease, a new study shows.

Smear tests designed to cut deaths from cervical cancer could be improved by adding a further test looking for signs of a virus which causes it.

A government panel is recommending that young boys also get the controversial HPV shot. That's the vaccine now given to girls to prevent cervical cancer.

New federal guidelines are urging doctors to back off annual cervical cancer screening for most women.

There's more news on cancer screening tests - this time for women....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A prolonged sore throat once was considered a cancer worry mainly for smokers and drinkers. Today there's another risk: A sexually transmitted virus is fueling a rise in oral cancer....

A study found that women who'd used IUDs had roughly half the risk of developing cervical cancer compared to women who never used them.