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First Study of Oregon's Hmong Reveals Surprising Influences on Cancer Screenings
January 8, 2013 — Cervical cancer rates for Hmong women are among the highest in the nation, yet past research has shown that cervical and breast cancer screening rates for this population are low -- in part because ... > full story -
HPV-Associated Cancer Incidence Rates Point to Needed Efforts to Increase HPV Vaccination Coverage
January 7, 2013 — Despite the decline in cancer death rates in the US, there is an increase in incidence rates for cancers associated with human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and more efforts are needed to increase ... > full story -
U.S. Cancer Death Rates Continue to Drop, Report Shows
January 7, 2013 — The Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer, 1975–2009, shows that overall cancer death rates continued to decline in the United States among both men and women, among all major ... > full story -
New Understanding of Nerve Damage Caused by Spinal Cord Injury Could Improve Treatment Design
January 3, 2013 — More than half of traumatic spinal cord injuries (SCI) in humans are cervical lesions, resulting in chronic loss of limb function. A better understanding of the link between the neurologic damage ... > full story -
US Cancer Screening Rates Decline Over the Last 10 Years, Finds New Study
December 27, 2012 — The rate of people who seek preventive cancer screenings has fallen over the last 10 years in the United States with wide variations between white-collar and blue-collar workers, according to a new ... > full story -
Preventing Prostate Cancer Through Androgen Deprivation May Have Harmful Effects
December 20, 2012 — Mice deficient in PTEN in the prostate developed stable precancers. Androgen deprivation promoted progression to invasive prostate cancer. Patients with PTEN-deficient prostate precancers may not ... > full story -
Study Questions Reasons for Routine Pelvic Exams
December 14, 2012 — The pelvic exam, a standard part of a woman’s gynecologic checkup, frequently is performed for reasons that are medically unjustified, according to new research that may lay the groundwork for ... > full story -
HPV in Older Women May Be Due to Reactivation of Virus, Not New Infection
December 13, 2012 — A new study suggests that human papillomavirus (HPV) infection in women at or after menopause may represent an infection acquired years ago, and that HPV infections may exist below limits of ... > full story -
New Test May Improve Cervical Cancer Detection
November 23, 2012 — Routine smear tests have considerably reduced the number of cases of cervical cancer, but despite intensive screening women still die from the disease every year. Researchers have developed new ... > full story -
Health Reform Could Provide More Than a Million Women in the U.S. With Access to Potentially Life Saving Tests for Breast and Cervical Cancer
November 15, 2012 — New research indicates that full implementation of the Affordable Care Act would expand health insurance coverage for more low-income women, enabling more than a million women to obtain potentially ... > full story
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