Cervical Cancer News

By Rep. Geoff Davis Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer in women, aside from skin cancer.

Nearly 1,500 Sunderland schoolgirls have had the HPV jab to help fight cervical cancer a ' one of the highest rates in the country, new figures show.

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has today published final guidance recommending the use of topotecan in combination with cisplatin as a treatment option for women with recurrent or stage IVB cervical cancer who have not previously received cisplatin.

New Delhi, Nov. 5: India's first mass screening programme for cervical cancer may take off in Bengal in three months, drawing on private funds, while proposals for government-financed early detection of cancer remain largely unimplemented.

An experimental vaccine cured nearly half of women with pre-cancerous growths on their genitals, producing major improvement in nearly four out of five, researchers in the Netherlands reported on Wednesday.

Hundreds of pink clad mourners filled Malmesbury Abbey today to pay their respects to 13-year-old Georgie Brock.

Cervical cancer cases, the second most common cancer type among women in Brunei, are increasing as statistics showed a rise of 71 per cent of confirmed cases of the disease in 2006 compared to 2002.

Three years after being diagnosed with HIV, Alice Mworia, 28, went for a routine medical check-up during which she told the nurse she had noticed an unusual vaginal discharge; a test revealed she had pre-cancerous lesions on her cervix that could develop into cancer if untreated.

In 2002 and 2003, screening guidelines for the cervical cancer-detecting Pap test were changed significantly, yet fewer than one-third of U.S. primary care physicians follow those guidelines, according to a recent study.

In lots of countries, males get the vaccine. It's not approved here. In schools, clinics and doctors' offices across Canada, girls are being vaccinated against the human papilloma virus, the leading cause of cervical cancer.

A Pap test collects a sample of cells from the cervix to look for any abnormalities or changes.

Pia and Maxene Magalona, cervical cancer prevention advocates. If you could stop cancer from touching your family, wouldn't you? That is the question Pia Magalona posed to all women and their families as she and daughter Maxene launched "Laban ni Maria", a line of statement shirts under their 3 Stars and a Sun brand, in support of cervical cancer ...

The Asian continent has nearly four billion people living in 47 different countries, and each of these groups has their own unique set of health issues.

Nearly all physicians agree that preventing infection in the first place is better than treating it later.

We still have a few weeks to wait for the new Sugababes , so in the meantime, why not get your diva on with the hottest girl group ever to come out of Scranton: Subtle Sexuality ? The brainchild of Kelly Kapoor and Erin Hannon, their first song is an ode to toxic boyfriends titled "Male Prima Donna." The video, directed by Mindy Kaling and shot ...

Remember all the conservatives who swore the HPV vaccine would give girls free license to go buck wild ? How they argued that inoculating girls against a sexually transmitted disease that causes cervical cancer -- a disease that kills more than 4,000 women each year -- would be harmful because it would rid youngsters of their deathly fear of ...

A newer test is no better than the Pap smear at detecting possible cervical cancer, a study has found.

A Dutch study that included nearly 90,000 women finds that liquid-based cytology, a commonly used alternative to conventional Pap tests, is not superior to Pap tests for the detection of cervical cancer precursors or cancer, according to a study in the October 28 issue of JAMA.

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Supporters for letting the chronically ill and caregivers obtain medical marijuana have engaged a high-stakes showdown against a disapproving Gov.