Binciken mahaifa shine tsari na ganowa da cire nama ko sel marasa kyau a cikin mahaifa kafin cutar kansar mahaifa ta taso. Ta hanyar niyya don ganowa da magance neoplasia na mahaifa tun da wuri, tantancewar mahaifa yana nufin rigakafin cutar kansa ta mahaifa ta biyu . Hanyoyi da yawa na nunawa don kansar mahaifa sune gwajin Pap (wanda kuma aka sani da Pap smear ko cytology na al'ada), cytology na tushen ruwa, gwajin DNA na HPV da dubawa na gani tare da acetic acid . Gwajin Pap da cytology na tushen ruwa sun yi tasiri wajen rage aukuwa da yawan mace-mace na kansar mahaifa a cikin ƙasashe masu tasowa amma ba a cikin ƙasashe masu tasowa ba. Hanyoyin tantancewa waɗanda za a iya amfani da su a cikin ƙananan albarkatun ƙasa a cikin ƙasashe masu tasowa sune gwajin DNA na HPV da duban gani. Kasashe daban-daban suna da shawarwarin tantancewar mahaifa daban-daban. A cikin Turai, yawancin ƙasashe suna ba da shawara ko bayar da bincike tsakanin shekarun 25 zuwa 64. Dangane da jagororin Turai na 2015 don gwajin cutar kansar mahaifa, gwajin farko na HPV na yau da kullun bai kamata ya fara ƙasa da shekaru 30 ba.