Nearly 13,400 new cases of invasive cervical cancer will be diagnosed this year and about 4,300 women will die from the disease, the American Cancer Society predicted. Primary Menu Sections.

Cervical cancer is highly treatable when found early, so it’s important to start getting pap tests at 21. About 4,000 American women die each year from the disease. 4.

WASHINGTON — U.S. regulators have approved the first cervical cancer testing kit that allows women to collect their own sample at home before shipping it to a laboratory, according to a medical ...

FDA approves first U.S. at-home tool as Pap smear alternative Women can use a wand to collect a vaginal sample, then mail it to a lab that will screen for cervical cancer. The device will be ...