Cervical Cancer News & Features
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American Cancer Society Recommends HPV Test
The new guideline calls for an initial cervix screening at age 25, followed by the human papillomavirus (HPV) test every five years, continuing through age 65, the guideline says.
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Cervical Cancer Could All But Disappear in North America by 2040
The WHO plan also calls for 70% of women to be screened for cervical cancer once or twice in their lifetime, and for 90% of women with precancerous lesions or cervical cancer to receive appropriate treatment.
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Self-Testing for Cervical Cancer Increases Screening Rates
Mailing self-sampling kits to test for the cervical cancer-causing virus HPV significantly increased screening rates for the cancer, according to a new study.
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Cervical Cancer Outcomes Worse Where Clinics Close
As government funding dried up and many women's health clinics across America closed, cervical cancer screening rates fell and deaths from the disease rose, a new report shows.
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HPV Vaccine Beating Cancer-Causing Virus Worldwide
HPV vaccination programs significantly reduce human papillomavirus infections and precancerous cervical lesions, a new global review finds.
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Cervical 'Microbiome' Could Help Predict Cancer
Women with the high-grade pre-cancerous cervical lesions had a more abundant and diverse mix of bacteria in their cervical microbiomes than women who had no lesions or less serious lesions, according to the study published recently in the journal mBio.
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Study: HPV Shot Even Helps Women Who Didn't Get It
Researchers said the finding point to what's called "herd protection" -- where everyone benefits from having a large portion of the population vaccinated against a particular disease.
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Too Few Women Getting Cervical Cancer Screening
In 2016, just over half of U.S. women aged 21 to 29 and less than two-thirds of women aged 30 to 65 were up-to-date with cervical cancer screenings, according to a new report.
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Do Women Over 55 Need HPV Cervical Cancer Tests?
If a woman has one negative HPV DNA test at the age of 55, she probably has a very low risk of cervical cancer, and continued HPV screening would offer little benefit, according to a new study.
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Is Less-Invasive Cervical Cancer Surgery Riskier?
Two new studies have found that the routinely used minimally invasive surgery for early stage cervical cancer is linked to a higher rate of recurrence, plus worse long-term survival, compared with more "open" surgeries.
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HPV Test May Replace Pap for Some Women
For decades, the Pap smear has been the standard way to test for cervical cancer. But under new government guidelines, women over 30 will have options: a pap test every three years, a test for the human papilloma virus every five years, or both tests together every five years.
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'Moderate' Cervical Lesions May Not Need Treatment
Moderate cervical lesions -- formally known as cervical intra-epithelial neoplasia grade 2 (CIN2) -- are abnormal cells on the surface of the cervix.
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5 Things You Should Know About Cervical Cancer
Death rates from cervical cancer have fallen by more than 50 percent in the past four decades as women have learned more about their risk and as increasing numbers have had Pap tests, which help doctors screen for the disease, the experts noted.
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Screen For Cervical Cancer Over 30 With HPV Test
New advisory says women can get the screen once every 5 years, in lieu of Pap tests every 3 years
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Fewer Cervical Cancer Tests After HPV Vaccine?
Less testing could reduce risk of false positives and save money, researchers say
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Inactive Women and Higher Cervical Cancer Risk
But study found just 30 minutes of exercise a week might lower chances of disease
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Experts Continue to Scale Back Annual Pap Smear
For women 21 years and older at average risk for cervical cancer, getting screened once every 3 years should suffice, according to advice from the American College of Physicians (ACP).
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Advisers Endorse HPV Test for Cervical Cancer Checks
Two groups call it an effective alternative to the Pap test, but another group disagrees
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FDA Approves Cervical Cancer Vaccine That Covers More HPV Strains
Gardasil 9 protects against 9 types of the virus, compared to the 4 covered by Gardasil
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11 Percent of U.S. Women Not Checked for Cervical Cancer in 5 Years
CDC report notes that half of cases occur among women never or rarely screened
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Avastin Approved for Late-Stage Cervical Cancer
More than 4,000 women projected to die this year from the disease
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HPV Test Beats Pap Smear in Gauging Cervical Cancer Risk, Study Finds
Study of over 1 million women suggests it could be stand-alone screening method
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Cervical Cancer Vaccine Doesn't Boost Clot Risk: Study
Analysis included more than 500,000 women from Denmark
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U.S. Cervical Cancer Rates Higher Than Thought
Rates highest in women 65 to 69, and black women, say researchers using revised data
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FDA Approves HPV Test as Initial Screen for Cervical Cancer
Detects presence of high-risk strains of virus believed to cause disease
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