Cancer Screenings | featured news

There's more news on cancer screening tests - this time for women. Scientists advising the government say a Pap test is a good way to screen young and middle-aged women for cervical cancer, and it's only needed once every three years. But they say there is not enough evidence yet to back testing for HPV, the virus that causes the disease.

Screening for lung cancer could soon be as easy as a simple breath test. Scientists in Israel have developed an innovative sensor that uses gold particles to detect lung cancer in a patient's breath.

The first study of its kind finds doctors failed to inform patients of abnormal cancer screenings and other test results 1 out of 14 times.