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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 -
New Studies Shed Light on What It Cost to Vaccinate Girls Against HPV in Low Income Countries
November 12, 2012 — Two new studies examined the cost of delivering the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine to primary school girls in Tanzania. Both studies found that the cost of HPV vaccine delivery to adolescent ... > full story -
Cheaper and More Effective Test Available for Women Following Pre-Cervical Cancer Treatment, Study Suggests
November 1, 2012 — Testing women to see if they are cured of HPV (the virus that can cause genital warts and cervical cancer) following treatment for abnormal cells on the surface of the cervix is more effective and ... > full story -
Nearly Four out of Ten Lesbians Not Routinely Screened for Cervical Cancer, U.S. Study Finds
October 17, 2012 — Nearly 38% of lesbians polled in a national U.S. survey were not routinely screened for cervical cancer, putting them at risk of developing a highly preventable cancer, according to a new study. ... > full story -
Sexually Abused Women Much Less Likely to Be Screened for Cervical Cancer, Research Finds
October 1, 2012 — Women who have been sexually abused as children or young adults are much less likely to get screened for cervical cancer than other women, indicates new ... > full story -
Study Affirms Safety of HPV4 Vaccine for Adolescents and Young Women in Routine Clinical Care
October 1, 2012 — A study of almost 200,000 young females who received the quadrivalent human papilloma virus vaccine found that immunization was associated only with same-day syncope and skin infections in the two ... > full story
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