Cervical Cancer News

Shillong, Jul 4 : A two-day assessment and workshop on breast and cervical cancer screening and management was held successfully at a hospital recently, official sources said here today.

Boys should be given the cervical cancer vaccine as well as girls in order to protect both sexes against sexually transmitted infections, doctors said.

In a perverse twist of medical fate, Farrah Fawcett has become the poster girl for anal cancer, a rare disease often linked to a sexually transmitted virus.

ObGyns have done so much to stop cervical cancer. Can't we do more to reduce the risk of death from breast malignancy? Robert L. Barbieri, MD Editor-in-Chief obg@dowdenhealth.com Cancer of the cervix is the cause of death in 2.3 of every 100,000 white women annually in the United States.

A thriving construction business, a precious 11 year old daughter and a happy long-term relationship.

New laws taking effect Wednesday in Alabama will provide more care for women with cancer, coordinate services for Alabamians with autism, and use state buildings to honor American military missing in action.

Main Category: Cervical Cancer / HPV Vaccine Also Included In: Clinical Trials / Drug Trials Article Date: 25 Jun 2009 Advaxis, Incorporated , has engaged the Numoda Corporation, a leading clinical trial and logistics management company, to oversee Phase II clinical activity with ADXS11-001 for the treatment of invasive cervix cancer and cervical ...

Sex might be the last thing on your mind as you start thinking about cancer treatment options and begin coping with the anxiety that comes with a cancer diagnosis.

Main Category: Cervical Cancer / HPV Vaccine Also Included In: Women's Health / Gynecology Article Date: 26 Jun 2009 - 3:00 PDT New research, published in The Lancet Oncology , has found that combining human papillomavirus testing with routine liquid-based cytology screening does not increase the detection of cervical cancer compared with LBC ...

There will be a new drive to ensure GPs spot cervical cancer symptoms earlier in young women and refer patients correctly, Health Minister Ann Keen announced today.

Actress Farrah Fawcett lost her battle with anal cancer today at the age of 62. She was first diagnosed in 2006.

BEIJING: Over the next three years, some 10 million rural Chinese women will get free cervical cancer screening under a government-sponsored program, the health ministry announced here Thursday.

Twenty-eight girls and women died in 2008 soon after taking Gardasil, a vaccine meant to prevent human papillomavirus infections and fight cervical cancer, according to a group that analyzed FDA records.

SeraCare Life Sciences, Inc. today announced that the Company has launched a new product in its diagnostic controls and panels portfolio - the SeraCare Human Papillomavirus Genotype Performance Panel.

Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced today that it has obtained records from the Food and Drug Administration documenting 28 deaths in 2008 associated with Gardasil, the vaccination for human papillomavirus , up from the 19 deaths in 2007.

BRAVE, intelligent and articulate are just some of the words you could use to describe Sharon Mooney, a young mother of one who is battling terminal cancer.

ART: Ambassador of Spain Fernando de la Serna, left, and Health Minister Jerry Narace chat in front of a Colposcope machine yesterday, during the opening of the Colposcopy Workshop at the Mt Hope Women's Hospital.

Associate Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Emory University School of Medicine and a physician at Emory Healthcare.

Main Category: Cervical Cancer / HPV Vaccine Also Included In: Cancer / Oncology Women's Health / Gynecology An article published Online First and in the July edition of The Lancet Oncology reports that the combination of human papillomavirus testing with regular liquid-based cytology screening does not improve the detection of cervical cancer ...

The Northwest Territories government will be offering the HPV vaccine free to girls to protect them from cervical cancer.