What You Need to Know about Cancer Screening

Regular screening can bend the odds in your favor when it comes to four types of cancers. The science is less clear for the rest.

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F.D.A. Approves First At-Home Alternative to the Pap Smear

The tool will allow women to screen for HPV, which causes almost all cases of cervical cancer, without visiting a doctor.

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Is the HPV Vaccine Safe? Yes, Despite What R.F.K. Jr. Has Said.

During his second day of confirmation hearings, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. declined to disavow comments he had made disparaging the vaccine as unsafe.

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Cancer’s New Face: Younger and Female

Although long considered a disease of aging, certain cancers are turning up more often in younger women, according to a new report.

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Health Panel Endorses New Option for Cervical Cancer Screening

Starting at 30, women can collect their own vaginal samples for HPV testing at a doctor’s office.

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