Ontario will replace its main method of cervical cancer screening next week to a more accurate and less frequent test, but the dreaded speculum exam is not in the rear-view yet.

In July 2024, Nova Scotia announced it's intention to switch to HPV testing, but it would take approximately two years before Pap smears would be replaced. In B.C., eligible patients can request an at ...

Experts say it’s an opportunity to help address barriers for people such as racialized immigrants and refugees, Indigenous ...

As part of the Ontario Cervical Screening Program, the province has announced it is going to use Human Papillomavirus (HPV) testing rather than Pap smear tests as a primary way to screen for cervical ...

also known as Pap smears or cervical cytology, on March 3, following similar moves in British Columbia and Prince Edward Island.

Human papillomavirus (HPV) tests in the province will replace Pap tests, also known as Pap smears or cervical cytology ... A cervix self-screening kit is a part of the first self-screening ...

Human papillomavirus (HPV) tests in the province will replace Pap tests, also known as Pap smears or cervical cytology ... But self-screening kits that have been adopted in British Columbia ...