Teen Girls Don't Need Routine Pelvic Exams. Why Are Doctors Doing So Many?
May 21, 2020
An estimated 1.4 million adolescent girls and young women in the U.S. might have received an unnecessary pelvic exam between 2011 and 2017, according to a new study. And an estimated 1.6 million might have received an unnecessary Pap test. The authors of the study, which was published this week in... 
New guidelines: HPV test is option instead of Pap smear for older women
August 23, 2018
The Pap smear has long been the gold standard for cervical cancer screening, but an expert panel now says the human papillomavirus, or HPV, test is also an option for women over 30. These women now have three choices under new recommendations issued by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (... 
Cervical cancer screening without Pap test OK for some women
August 23, 2018
Not all women need Pap tests to look for cells in the cervix that might be malignant. Under new guidelines from U.S. physicians, some women can get a test that looks for the cancer-causing human papilloma virus (HPV). 
More Access to HealthCare: Opportunities for Leadership in Value, Quality, and Equity
March 14, 2018
More Access to HealthCare: Opportunities for Leadership in Value, Quality, and Equity.
Claire Brindis DrPH, Director, Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies at UCSF
San Francisco Marin Medicine, March 2018 
Ovarian Cancer Screening Still Ineffective, Not Recommended: Panel
February 20, 2018
Screening for ovarian cancer is not recommended for women with no signs or symptoms of the disease, newly released guidelines from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force say.
That represents no change in advice from the 2012 guidelines or the task force's draft recommendations issued in the... 