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Research Indicates Need For Effective HPV Vaccine For Women And Men And A Simple HPV Screening Test
November 3, 2008 A call to explore a broader use of HPV vaccines and the validation of a simple oral screening test for HPV-caused oral cancers are reported in two recent ... > full story -
HPV Virus Helps Cervical And Head And Neck Cancers Resist Treatment And Grow And Spread
November 3, 2008 The human papillomavirus allows infected cervical and head and neck cancer cells to maintain internal molecular conditions that make the cancers resistant to therapy and more likely to grow and ... > full story -
New MRI Technique May Identify Cervical Cancer Early
October 21, 2008 Using high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging with a special vaginal coil, a technique to measure the movement of water within tissue, researchers may be able to identify cervical cancer in its ... > full story -
Cancer Screening Rates Among Older Medicaid Patients Fall Short Of National Objectives
October 13, 2008 Only about half of Medicaid recipients age 50 and older appear to receive recommended screening tests for colorectal, breast and cervical cancer, according to a new ... > full story -
Cell Protein Suppresses Pain Eight Times More Effectively Than Morphine
October 8, 2008 Researchers have discovered a new therapeutic target for pain control, one that appears to be eight times more effective at suppressing pain than ... > full story -
Social Class Dictates Cancer Risk
September 25, 2008 Cervical and lung cancer are more common in poor people while rates of breast cancer and melanoma are higher in the wealthy. A detailed analysis of the incidence of these four different kinds of ... > full story -
Benefits And Risks Of Cervical Cancer Screening Methods
September 22, 2008 In an analysis based on a computer model, it appears that comparing the benefits and risks of different cervical cancer prevention approaches may help women and their physicians choose appropriate ... > full story -
HPV DNA Test Identifies Cervical Pre-Cancerous Disease In Developing Countries With 90% Success Rate
September 21, 2008 Results of the first study to determine the accuracy of a new rapid screening test for HPV created specifically for use in the developing world, have shown it to be 90 percent accurate in detecting ... > full story -
Link Between Nationality And Cervical Cancer In Sweden
September 3, 2008 Gynaecological screening tests for cervical cancer have been available to all women in Sweden for almost four decades. Despite this, many immigrant women have a higher risk of developing the disease ... > full story -
Recent Advances Make Cervical Cancer Control In Developing World Feasible For First Time
August 28, 2008 Recent advances in cervical cancer prevention mean that controlling the disease in developing countries is becoming feasible for the first time, experts say. Developments such as highly effective ... > full story
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