Evidence grows that an HPV screen beats a Pap test at preventing cancer
Switching to a human papillomavirus test may help reduce cases of the disease
![HPV](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/070218_ac_hpv.jpg?fit=860%2C460&ssl=1)
GUILTY AS CHARGED Human papillomavirus (shown) — especially types 16 and 18 —is responsible for nearly all cases of cervical cancer.
Laboratory of Tumor Virus Biology/NIH/Wikimedia Commons (adapted by E. Otwell)