CHICAGO (AP) _ New Pap test guidelines issued by a panel of experts could mean fewer return visits and less anxiety for the millions of women whose cervical-cancer results come back inconclusive.

For the second time in a week, medical experts are revising the advice given women on cancer screenings. Now women are being told that they should get their first screening for cervical cancer -- ...

(CNN) — Q: The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force is releasing new guidelines on cervical cancer screenings. What’s changed? A: In the 1930s, cervical cancer was the deadliest women’s cancer in ...

LOS ANGELES - For generations of women, it's been an ingrained medical ritual: Get a Pap test every year. Now two influential groups of medical experts say that having cervical cancer screening once a ...

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 ...

For years, doctors have recommended that women start getting Pap smears every year or two to try to catch signs of cancer early, when it's easiest... Doctors Revamp Guidelines For Pap Smears Women ...

It may have gotten lost in all of the furor surrounding a federal task force's updated mammography guidelines, but revised Pap test recommendations also were released last week. Women should have ...

CHICAGO (AP) -- A panel of experts is recommending a more convenient follow-up treatment for the millions of women whose cervical-cancer results come back inconclusive. The new Pap test guidelines, ...