A doctor and public health expert explains why the new federal guidelines expanding cervical cancer screening to at-home ...

Self-administered HPV tests involve inserting a plastic tube — similar to a tampon — into the vagina, then twisting the ...

U.S. guidance announced on Monday recommends self-collection of samples to test for HPV, the virus that often causes cervical ...

A major update to federal women’s health preventive guidance will make it easier for women to get screened for cervical ...

Grail's Galleri test screens for more than 50 different types of cancer from a single blood draw. (Getty Images) If you could take a simple blood test that could detect multiple types of cancer while ...

Researchers are studying tests called liquid biopsies, which can provide vital information about cancer genes using only a blood sample. A blood test to find cancer even before it shows any symptoms ...

In July, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new blood-based test to screen for colorectal cancer (CRC). The FDA's approval of Shield (Guardant Health) marks a notable achievement, as ...

When her husband was undergoing cancer treatment, Cindy Perez of Southwest Ranches, Fla., learned about a new blood test that could help find early cancers. The 50-year-old said she felt fine, but her ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Many common cancer screening tests do not appear to increase patients’ longevity. Sigmoidoscopy, used to screen ...

This story also ran on San Francisco Chronicle. It can be republished for free. But Milam was haunted by a family history of cancer, including his mother’s death from stomach cancer at 54. So, at age ...