Oncology & Cancer
Ovarian cancer is hard to detect—focusing on these four symptoms can help with diagnosis
Ovarian cancers are often found when they are already advanced and hard to treat.
Aug 18, 2024
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News tagged with cervical cancer screening
Oncology & Cancer
Study identifies ways to reduce cancer risk among LGBTQIA+ people
Socioeconomic status, provider-patient relationships and rural living environments have been found to affect cancer screening behaviors for people LBGTQIA+ individuals, according to a recent study from Callie Kluitenberg ...
Aug 15, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
Study finds breast cancer screening attendance helps boost other cancer screenings
Offering self-sampling kits to women overdue for cervical cancer (CC) or colorectal cancer (CRC) screening when they attend breast cancer (BC) screening can result in increased screening participation, according to a study ...
Aug 15, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
Advancing towards a novel, highly accurate method for cervical cancer screening
Cervical cancer is a highly prevalent cancer, with approximately 500,000 new cases diagnosed each year. Shockingly, the number of individuals diagnosed with precursor lesions in the cervix—also known as cervical intraepithelial ...
Aug 5, 2024
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Health
Self-sampling HPV kits could screen an extra million people in England for cervical cancer
Do-it-yourself human papillomavirus (HPV) tests could enable more than a million more women in England to participate in cervical screening over the next three years.
Jul 18, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
New urine-based test shows promise in making cervical cancer screening more accessible and less invasive
Cervical cancer is one of the most common cancers in women, with approximately 660,000 new cases and 350,000 deaths worldwide in 2022 alone. Almost all cases are linked to high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) infections. ...
Jul 8, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
New test detects more cases of cervical cancer
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and the University of Innsbruck in Austria have developed a simpler and more effective screening method for cervical cancer than the method used today. The comprehensive study ...
Jun 4, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
HPV-based screening can help eliminate cervical cancer
Implementing human papillomavirus (HPV)-based screening in British Columbia could eliminate cervical cancer in the province before 2040, according to a modeling study in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ).
Jun 3, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
HPV testing for cervical cancer may be safe at longer intervals than what current guidelines recommend
Over the past two decades, the United States has been transitioning from cytology to HPV-based screening for cervical cancer. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force currently recommends one of three options for routine cervical ...
May 22, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
FDA approves first self-test collection kit for HPV
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a kit that will allow women to collect their own vaginal sample for HPV screening, a move that could increase early detection in those at risk for cervical cancer.
May 16, 2024
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