A new proposal recommends replacing routine pap smears with HPV testing every five years for women over 30, signaling a serious shift in cervical cancer screening guidelines. Reading time 3 minutes ...

Mammogram guidelines just changed again in 2026. Here's what every woman needs to know about the new screening ...

25 February 2022, Berlin: Medical personnel use a mammogram to examine a woman's breast for breast cancer. Photo: Hannibal Hanschke/dpa (Photo by Michael Hanschke/picture alliance via Getty Images) ...

New federal guidelines reshape cervical cancer prevention by expanding self-collection, eliminating cost sharing, and aiming to reach millions of women who have been left out of routine screening.

Recommendations say clinicians should use biennial mammography for breast cancer screening in asymptomatic, average-risk women aged 50 to 74 years.

New federal guidelines will make it easier for women to get screened for cervical cancer. According to the new recommendations by the Health Resources and Services Administration, women between the ...

Angus Chen covers all issues broadly related to cancer including drugs, policy, science, and equity. He joined STAT in 2021 after covering health and science at NPR and NPR affiliate stations. His ...