cervix
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They found evidence of EXO1 overproduction in multiple cancer types, including tumors of the breast, skin, liver and cervix, consistent with earlier research.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 20, 2026
Her treatment involved the removal of lymph nodes in her abdomen, although surgeons were able to preserve a small part of her cervix, giving her a chance of becoming pregnant.
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026
To insert an IUD, a clinician opens the vagina using a speculum and grips the cervix with a type of forceps, which can cause a sudden, sharp pain.
From Slate ● Jun. 7, 2026
Three doctors gathered and told the couple that the longer Waldorf’s cervix remained open and her uterus exposed to bacteria, the higher her risk of developing a life-threatening infection.
From Salon ● May 27, 2026
The word HeLa,, used to refer to the cells grown from Henrietta Lacks’s cervix, occurs throughout the book.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
People in their 20s with cervices need Pap smears every three years, although the interval may be shorter if you’ve had abnormal results in the past.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 16, 2022
Currently, the vast majority of HPV diagnoses in people with cervices are found via Pap smears that analyze tissue scraped from the cervix itself.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 31, 2021
This is the generation of American women that reinvented feminism, wrote Our Bodies, Ourselves, and learned to examine their cervices with mirrors.
From Time Magazine Archive
Next time Niobe turned up was at memorial cervices for Bloodgood H. Cutter, "the Long Island Farmer Poet."
From Time Magazine Archive
This results in a double uterus, which may also have two cervixes and two vaginal canals.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2025
She said the campaign team has heard from many within the LGBTQ+ community, particularly from those who have cervixes but do not identify as women.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2023
Whole sets of teeth, tonsils, cervixes and colons were lost or mutilated in this pursuit.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 3, 2022
Hern proved them wrong, pioneering new approaches to make later abortions safer, including dilating cervixes with Japanese seaweed tubes called laminaria.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2022
