Tag Archives: pap smear

Why Cervical Cancer Screening Still Matters — and How It’s Getting Better

Posted on January 21, 2026 by drlesliegreenberg

Cervical cancer is one of the most preventable cancers! That is good news. But people still need to get screened. I teach medical students, and one lesson I share often is this: medicine changes as research results. What we learned … Continue reading →

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Will pap smears be a test of the past?

Posted on February 15, 2024 by drlesliegreenberg

Researchers are considering screening average-risk asymptomatic women for cervical cancer with only HPV testing. We now know that HPV, human papillomavirus is the virus that causes cells on the cervix to change from normal cells to cancer.  We used to … Continue reading →

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Do you really need that pap? See the updated cervical cancer screening guidelines.

Posted on January 25, 2022 by drlesliegreenberg

Updated cervical cancer screening guidelines.  Do you really need that pap? Why test for cervical cancer?  4000 patients still die annually from cervical cancer.  This is dramatically decreased compared to the 1950s, but racial and socioeconomic disparities continue to contribute … Continue reading →

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