Cervical screening is a test to screen for cervical cancers. New cervical screening test procedures are similar to a Pap smear test. For both tests a doctor or nurse takes a sample of cells from the cervix. However, the Pap smear test used to look for abnormal cells in the cervix, while the cervical screening test looks for HPV infection.
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In 2020, American Cancer Society released an updated cervical cancer screening guideline calling for primary human papillomavirus (HPV) screening as the preferred strategy. Utility of HPV pr...
JAN 19, 2023 | 10:00 AM
C.E. CREDITS
Date: January 19, 2023 Time: 11:00am (PST), 2:00pm (EST), 8:00pm (CET) There has been an evolution of organized HPV screening programs from the pap smear to liquid-based cytology, which has...
NOV 09, 2022 | 8:15 AM
C.E. CREDITS
In this session, researchers, clinicians, and program implementers from four countries will address the disruption in continuity of care for PLHIV amid the COVID-19 pandemic and the conseque...
Date: November 9, 2021 Time: 3:00am (PDT), 6:00am (EDT), 12:00pm (CEST) An increasing number of cervical cancer screening programs are converting from cytology to primary HPV-based organiz...
Date: August 31, 2022 Time: 12:00pm (PDT), 3:00pm (EDT), 9:00pm (CEST) Human papillomavirus (HPV) is responsible for more than 99% of cervical cancers. Most HPV infections are transient an...
Date: August 16, 2022 Time: 7:00am (PDT), 10:00am (EDT), 4:00pm (CEST) In this session, researchers, clinicians, and program implementers from four countries will address the disruption in co...
Cancer is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in developed countries including the United States. Early detection of various cancers, before they spread and become incurable, has been...
La infección por el virus del papiloma humano (VPH) es el causante principal de cáncer de cuello uterino. Los tipos 16 y 18 del VPH son responsables...
Date: June 17, 2021 Time: 11:00am PDT, 8:00pm CET BACKGROUND Kidney transplant recipients and patients on hemodialysis are immunocompromised populations excluded from vaccine trials. Data ar...
According to the American Cancer Society, in there were an estimated 110,070 new cases diagnosed and approximately 32,120 deaths from gynecologic cancers in the U.S. in 2018. Of the five mos...