Yes, you can have a Pap smear exam on your period. However, heavy bleeding may make it harder to detect abnormal cervical ...

According to Alexander, HPV testing is done in a similar way to a Pap smear, where a swab gets used to collect a small sample of cells from a cervix or vagina that may have the cancer-causing virus.

Experts say it’s an opportunity to help address barriers for people such as racialized immigrants and refugees, Indigenous ...

Ontario will replace its main method of cervical cancer screening next week to a more accurate and less frequent test, but the dreaded speculum exam is not in the rear-view yet.

These vaccines are nearly 100% effective if they're given prior to exposure to the HPV types they cover. And this is why the ...

Human papillomavirus (HPV) tests in the province will replace Pap tests, also known as Pap smears or cervical cytology ... into the patient's vagina to swab their cervix for a sample that will ...

As provinces across Canada change their main method of screening from the Pap smear to HPV testing ... a speculum into a patient's vagina to swab their cervix, which Vahabi said can be triggering ...