Abnormal Paps Smear

By MARILYNN MARCHIONE AP Medical Writer Two big studies suggest possible new ways to screen healthy people for cervical or prostate cancers, but a third disappointed those hoping for a way to detect early...

(Associated Press) -- Two big studies suggest possible new ways to screen healthy people for cervical or prostate cancers, but a third disappointed those hoping for a way to detect early signs of deadly ovarian tumors.

It's not everyday that researchers create a vaccine that can wipe out cancer. But according to doctors, we have one. They say if every boy and girl in our country got the HPV vaccine before they became sexually active, we could virtually wipe out cervical

The U.S. has arguably the world's best medical tools available — especially when it comes to cancer screening, which has significantly reduced the mortality rates of serious killers such as breast and colorectal cancer in the last few years. But … Con

DALLAS, June 23 (UPI) -- Women used to schedule a Pap smear annually but U.S. gynecologists now say a test every two years for women in their 20s, every three years after age 30, is OK.