TYLER, TX (KLTV) - With more and more merging information about HPV, as well as the advent of its vaccine, it has prompted a reassessment of Pap Smear and other gynecologic screening guidelines. In ...

Pap smears in women under 21 do more harm than good, new guidelines from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) say. In most cases such tests reveal only human papillomavirus ...

On the heels of the mammogram mess, women now given guidelines on pap smears. Nov. 20, 2009— -- Pap smears may no longer be called "annuals" if doctors follow new cervical cancer screening ...

Most women in their 20s can have a Pap smear every two years instead of annually, say new guidelines that conclude that's enough to catch slow-growing cervical cancer. The change by the American ...

For many women, getting a Pap test, which screens for cervical cancer, is an annual ritual. Perhaps no longer. According to new guidelines issued today by the American College of Obstetricians and ...

The latest ACOG guidelines recommend a longer span between testing, in contrast to the traditional annual test. In the absence of risk factors such as those previously mentioned, women are advised to ...