The Latest Breaking News from Cervical Cancer

“I had no inclination to go at all, I had no interest in having a smear, it was simply because of the dream that I had it done"

At least a quarter of all women missed their potentially life-saving screening for cervical cancer last year. This Cervical Screening Awareness Week charities and health bosses are urging women to take up the test.

A cervical cancer do-it-yourself test is now available in Australia allowing more women to privately administer their own swabs in a GP clinic.

AstraZeneca Plc (NASDAQ:AZN) announced high-level results from a planned interim analysis of the AEGEAN Phase 3 trial of Imfinzi (durvalumab) combined with neoadjuvant chemotherapy in patients with resectable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The data showed that Imfinzi plus neoadjuvant chemo before surgery demonstrated a statistically significant and meaningful improvement in pathologic complete…

Elizabeth Ham, 34, is now urging other women to attend all their smear tests even if they are confident nothing is wrong, after she managed to detect the signs early on

Cervical cancer incidence is related to age, with the highest incidence rates being in the 30 to 34 age group. Early signs can include unusual bleeding but when the disease has spread it is known to affect the legs

Cervical Screening Awareness Week has urged those eligible to book their tests, as approximately 99.8 percent of cervical cancer cases are preventable.

A health professional has shared the answers to questions she is often asked about smear tests

Amber Rose Cliff passed away after a four-year battle with cervical cancer in 2017, while Andrew Nicholas died in October last year from a brain tumour.