Cervical cancer typically progresses over time, and before cancer forms in the cervix, the cells of the cervix undergo ...

January is the ‘Cervical Cancer Awareness Month’. You must have heard about cervical cancer? It is a cancer that begins on the surface of your cervix. Human Papillomavirus (HPV) infection causes ...

Hamda Mukundwa, a 39-year-old mother of two from Kigali’s Nyamirambo suburb, first heard about Rwanda’s new self-sampling ...

Current guidelines recommend two main approaches for managing women who screen positive for cervical pre-cancer.

Notable among them was Dr. Usha Saraiya, an internationally recognised expert and “Living Legends” awardee of the ...

Background: The use of cryotherapy in the management of acute soft tissue injury is largely based on anecdotal evidence. Preliminary evidence suggests that intermittent cryotherapy applications are ...

A mucus plug protects the cervix from bacteria during pregnancy. Losing a mucus plug can indicate the start of labor. Contact your doctor if you lose your mucus plug before 37 weeks. A mucus plug is a ...

A neck X-ray, also known as a cervical spine X-ray, is an X-ray image of the structures in your neck. This includes the seven bones of your neck that surround and protect the top section of your ...

Cervical cancer is a disease in which the cells of the cervix become abnormal and start to grow uncontrollably. Approximately 90% are squamous cell carcinomas, and the remaining 10% are ...