Yes, you can have a Pap smear exam on your period. However, heavy bleeding may make it harder to detect abnormal cervical ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I am 85 and healthy apart from polycythemia vera, for which I take aspirin. I was interested in the new blood ...

Screening for cancers should only be done in healthy people whose life expectancy is long enough that the benefit of getting ...

Cell-free DNA testing uses a small amount of a person's blood and tests it for a large number of cancers. A positive test could indicate that the person has a certain type of cancer in theory before ...

Women with positive test results underwent colposcopy and biopsy, as did a random sample of women who tested negative. The sensitivity of HPV testing was 94.6%, whereas that of Pap testing was 55.4%.

I am 85 and healthy apart from polycythemia vera, for which I take aspirin. I was interested in the new blood test for cancer. Is it worthwhile? — M.N. ANSWER: When screening patients for cancer, the ...

You usually get a colposcopy if you have had abnormal results on your Pap test. This helps your doctor ... Your doctor will remove a sample of your cervical tissue and send it to a lab for a ...

The study enrolled nearly 1,100 ER patients who were not up to date on screenings—and results showed that twice ... with decades of research behind it. A pap test or HPV test can help find ...

Researchers approached women between ages 21 and 65 while they were in the ER as patients for a variety of health problems, as they waited for test results or a medical consultation ... with decades ...