For African-American women, there is good and bad news about cervical cancer. The good news is that nearly all cases of cervical cancer, regardless of race, can be prevented if women get regular Pap smear tests and protect themselves from the virus that causes the cancer. The bad news is that African-American women are more likely to be diagnosed at a later stage of the disease when the chance for survival is worse. (Click here for full release).

Esther Rawls

Roanoke cervical cancer, pap test

For African-American women, there is good and bad news about cervical cancer. The good news is that nearly all cases of cervical cancer, regardless of race, can be prevented if women get regular Pap smear tests and protect themselves from the virus that causes the cancer. The bad news is that African-American women are more likely to be diagnosed at a later stage of the disease when the chance for survival is worse. (Click here for full release).

Joann T. Richardson

Richmond cervical cancer, pap test

For African-American women, there is good and bad news about cervical cancer. The good news is that nearly all cases of cervical cancer, regardless of race, can be prevented if women get regular Pap smear tests and protect themselves from the virus that causes the cancer. The bad news is that African-American women are more likely to be diagnosed at a later stage of the disease when the chance for survival is worse. (Click here for full release).

(l to r): Kayla Barnes and her mother, Lottie Barnes.

Raleigh/Durham cervical cancer, pap test

For African-American women, there is good and bad news about cervical cancer. The good news is that nearly all cases of cervical cancer, regardless of race, can be prevented if women get regular Pap smear tests and protect themselves from the virus that causes the cancer. The bad news is that African-American women are more likely to be diagnosed at a later stage of the disease when the chance for survival is worse. (Click here for full release).

(l to r): Bernadette Jones-Reed, Alma Jones-Davis, Morgan Reed

Norfolk cervical cancer, pap test

For African-American women, there is good and bad news about cervical cancer. The good news is that nearly all cases of cervical cancer, regardless of race, can be prevented if women get regular Pap smear tests and protect themselves from the virus that causes the cancer. The bad news is that African-American women are more likely to be diagnosed at a later stage of the disease when the chance for survival is worse. (Click here for full release).

Willie Sue Porter

Memphis cervical cancer, pap test

For African-American women, there is good and bad news about cervical cancer. The good news is that nearly all cases of cervical cancer, regardless of race, can be prevented if women get regular Pap smear tests and protect themselves from the virus that causes the cancer. The bad news is that African-American women are more likely to be diagnosed at a later stage of the disease when the chance for survival is worse. (Click here for full release).

(l to r): Vanessa Edmond and her daughter, DaeJanae Knight.

Jackson cervical cancer, pap test

For African-American women, there is good and bad news about cervical cancer. The good news is that nearly all cases of cervical cancer, regardless of race, can be prevented if women get regular Pap smear tests and protect themselves from the virus that causes the cancer. The bad news is that African-American women are more likely to be diagnosed at a later stage of the disease when the chance for survival is worse. (Click here for full release).

Wilma J. Hall

Rosemary Morse

Indianapolis cervical cancer, pap test

For African-American women, there is good and bad news about cervical cancer. The good news is that nearly all cases of cervical cancer, regardless of race, can be prevented if women get regular Pap smear tests and protect themselves from the virus that causes the cancer. The bad news is that African-American women are more likely to be diagnosed at a later stage of the disease when the chance for survival is worse. (Click here for full release).

Kara Nelons

Ann Nurse

Huntsville cervical cancer, pap test

For African-American women, there is good and bad news about cervical cancer. The good news is that nearly all cases of cervical cancer, regardless of race, can be prevented if women get regular Pap smear tests and protect themselves from the virus that causes the cancer. The bad news is that African-American women are more likely to be diagnosed at a later stage of the disease when the chance for survival is worse. (Click here for full release).

Dr. William Anderson II

Detroit cervical cancer, pap test

For African-American women, there is good and bad news about cervical cancer. The good news is that nearly all cases of cervical cancer, regardless of race, can be prevented if women get regular Pap smear tests and protect themselves from the virus that causes the cancer. The bad news is that African-American women are more likely to be diagnosed at a later stage of the disease when the chance for survival is worse. (Click here for full release).

(l to r) Heather Brandt, Saundra Glover, and Tiffany Stewart, of the South Carolina Cancer Disparities Community Network at a press conference Dec. 10 about cervical cancer screening guidelines.

Columbia cervical cancer, pap test