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The state has the lowest proportion of teens who have received the cancer-preventing HPV vaccine.

Part 3 in a series from the University of Colorado that unpacks the goals of the National Cancer Institute’s National Cancer Plan.

In a new initiative, the Grammy-winning artist advises Black women to protect their cervical health with annual Pap and HPV tests.

The early cancer is detected, the easier it is to treat.

New guidelines assert that cervical cancer is best detected by a human papillomavirus test, but some groups disagree.

Today, women between ages 30 and 65 can be offered an HPV test along with the Pap test, or an HPV test alone.

A UCSF and CDC study finds millions of “outdated” tests being performed on healthy females 15 to 20 years old.

Studies show lesbians are less likely to get Pap smears than heterosexual women. But HPV can happen to anyone.

We have heard again and again that women are eager for more information, not less. And they want to do everything they can to stay healthy.

Screening rates for breast, cervical, colorectal and prostate cancer are still below public health targets.

New HPV vaccine protects against nine types of cancer-causing virus.

This sexual health exam is key in the early detection of cervical cancer.

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