Cervical Cancer News
April 27, 2024
Top Headlines
Apr. 11, 2024 — Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the second most common cancer-causing virus, accounting for 690,000 cervical and other cancers each year worldwide. While the immune system usually clears HPV infections, those that persist can lead to cancer, and a new ...
Nov. 8, 2023 — The most effective way to prevent cervical cancer is to give HPV vaccines to both boys and girls, reports a collaborative study. Beside personal immunity, such use of the vaccine also induces a herd immunity that will help to eradicate the ...
Oct. 24, 2023 — A course of treatment with existing drugs prior to chemo-radiation led to a 35% reduction in the risk of death or return of ...
Nov. 28, 2022 — Researchers found that across the U.S., anal cancer incidence and mortality rates increased 1.5-fold in men and women over 50 years old. However, the most prominent increase -- more than two-fold -- ...
Latest Headlines
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Jan. 18, 2024 — Cancer resists treatment in a multitude of ways, but a new algorithm developed can decode them all ...
Oct. 20, 2022 — A major clinical trial looking at surgery for women at risk of miscarriage and stillbirth have found that a type of wire commonly used reduces risk ...
Mar. 16, 2022 — Biological processes such as wound healing and cancer cell invasion rely on the collective and coordinated motion of living cells. A little understood aspect that influences these processes is the ...
Feb. 24, 2022 — Infections with several pathogens simultaneously increase the risk of cervical cancer, according to a new study conducted on artificial 3D tissue ...
Jan. 12, 2022 — Understanding how cells die is key to developing new treatments for many diseases, whether the goal is to make cancer cells die or keep healthy cells alive in the face of other illnesses, such as ...
Oct. 12, 2021 — New research finds many women are screened too often for cervical cancer, leading to unnecessary procedures that may carry their own harms, while ...
June 1, 2021 — Women carrying human papillomavirus (HPV) run an elevated risk of preterm birth, a new study shows. A connection can thus be seen between the virus itself and the risk for preterm birth that ...
May 12, 2021 — Gold leaf -- gold metal hammered into thin sheets -- is used by artists and crafters to gild picture frames, artwork and clothing. Despite its luxurious appearance, the material is affordable and ...
Mar. 31, 2022 — A new study uses next-generation gene sequencing to get a clearer read on the community of viruses present in vaginal microbiome samples and its ...
Earlier Headlines
Nov. 7, 2022 — Investigators analyzed longitudinal samples of cervical and serum biomarker levels for immune activation, before and after subjects acquired HSV-2. They found that altered levels of specific ...
July 14, 2022 — Researchers have shown that treating precancerous anal growths called high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (HSILs) in persons living with HIV significantly decreased the progression to anal ...
June 7, 2022 — The most effective intervention to prevent preterm birth is the administration of a natural hormone, progesterone, in patients at risk for premature delivery. Two categories of patients have been ...
June 3, 2022 — New findings show the number of women in the United States who reported having a recent (in the past year) breast cancer or cervical cancer screening dropped by 2.13 million (6%) and 4.47 million ...
May 13, 2022 — Life-like organ replicas -- so-called 3D organoids -- are a good way to research disease processes. A team has now presented a kind of blueprint for such a model of the ...
Oct. 13, 2021 — Researchers have developed a simple screening tool using a non-contact sensor for Cervical myelopathy (CM) combining a finger motion analysis technique and machine learning. The tool allows for ...