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- Ovarian Cancer News
Researchers Investigate Link Between Hormone Replacement Therapy and Ovarian Cancer
A newly published study conducted by Swedish researchers finds a possible link between hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and an increased risk of ovarian cancer.
- Ovarian Cancer News
Largest Study to Date Finds No Link Between Fertility Pills and Ovarian Cancer
A large analysis of over 13,000 women from the United States, Denmark, Canada, and Australia finds no evidence that fertility pills increase the risk of ovarian cancer.
- Ovarian Cancer News
Transvaginal Ultrasound Screening May Help Detect Ovarian Cancer at Earlier Stages
Researchers at the University of Kentucky Medical Center in Lexington have been investigating a procedure called transvaginal ultrasound that may be effective in detecting ovarian cancer at an early stage.
- Cervical Cancer News
Survey: About One-Third of U.S. Girls Getting the Cervical Cancer Vaccine (dateline November 30, 2009)
About 37 percent of pre-teen girls are receiving at least one does of the cervical cancer vaccine, according to a survey published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
- Cervical Cancer News
U.S. Cervical Cancer Screening Guidelines Updated (dateline November 28, 2009)
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists has developed new guidelines that slightly alter previous recommendations for cervical cancer screening.
- Cervical Cancer News
Researchers Say Promising Advances Could Control Cervical Cancer in the Developing World (dateline September 30, 2008)
Researchers say that there are several promising scientific advances related to cervical cancer that they believe could help control the disease for the first time in the developing world, where 80% of deaths from the disease occur.
- Cervical Cancer News
Cervical Cancer Vaccine Gains Support (dateline February 13, 2007)
Support for the new cervical cancer vaccine for young females is growing since its approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration last June. Texas governor Rick Perry recently issued an executive order to require that school girls age 11 and 12 receive Merck's human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine.
- Cervical Cancer News
FDA Advisory Panel Backs Cervical Cancer Vaccine (dateline June 18, 2006)
On June 8, 2006 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a vaccine aimed at preventing cervical cancer and vulvar and vaginal pre-cancers.
- Cervical Cancer News
FDA Advisory Panel Backs Cervical Cancer Vaccine (dateline June 4, 2006)
An advisory panel to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) unanimously recommended the approval of a new vaccine against cervical cancer.
- Cervical Cancer News
Vaccine Found to be 100% Effective at Preventing Cervical Cancer (dateline December 15, 2005)
An experimental vaccine has been found to be 100% effective at preventing the most common forms of cervical cancer, according to results of a two-year study. announced by Merck and Co. at the annual meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America.
- Cervical Cancer News
British Study: Older Women Need Pap Smears Every Five Years; Younger Women Every Three Years (dateline November 5, 2003)
The results of a study by British researchers finds that older women need to be screened for cervical cancer once every five years while younger women should undergo screening once every three years.
- Cervical Cancer News
Researchers Explore Alternative to Pap Tests in Developing Countries (dateline August 18, 2003)
The rate of cervical cancer cases is far greater in less developed countries where women do not have adequate access to healthcare, and particularly to screening with Pap tests.
- Cervical Cancer News
U.S. FDA Approves HPV Screening Test for Cervical Cancer (dateline August 8, 2003)
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved the use of a screening test designed to detect the human papillomavirus (HPV), a sexually transmitted disease that can increase the risk of cervical cancer.
- Cervical Cancer News
New Cervical Cancer Data Shows Downward Trend, But Cases Still High Among Older Women and Some Hispanics (dateline April 22, 2003)
While the incidence of cervical cancer has decreased in the United States as a whole, Hispanic women over 30 years of age are twice as likely to be diagnosed with the disease compared to non-Hispanic women.
- Cervical Cancer News
Study: Smoking Increases Risk of Cervical Cancer in Women with HPV (dateline February 9, 2003)
A new study finds that women with HPV , a common sexually transmitted disease, are at significantly higher risk of developing cervical cancer if they smoke.
- Cervical Cancer News
Research for Cervical Cancer Vaccine Promising (dateline February 6, 2003)
A study of a vaccine that targets one of the main causes of cervical cancer showed promising results, according to a report published in a recent issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
- Cervical Cancer News
New Guidelines for Evaluating Women with Abnormal Pap Test Results (dateline November 4, 2002)
New guidelines for investigating abnormal Pap test results were recently established by a panel of 121 experts from 29 professional organizations, federal agencies, and national and international health organizations in a conference sponsored by the American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Patho
- Cervical Cancer News
Major Update to Widely Used Classification System of Pap Test Results (dateline August 24, 2002)
The National Cancer Institute has announced a thorough update to the system used to classify Pap test results in more than 90% of laboratories across the United States as well as in several other countries.
- Cervical Cancer News
Clinical Trial Will Investigate Possible Vaccine for Cervical Cancer (dateline December 5, 2001)
British researchers hope to enroll up to 20 women to test a vaccine that may help prevent cervical cancer. The vaccine is actually a modified version of the vaccine used to prevent smallpox, a disease that was virtually eradicated from the world in the 1970s.
- Cervical Cancer News
Cone Biopsy Treatment May Help Early-Stage Cervical Cancer Patients Preserve Fertility (dateline November 19, 2001)
Most women who are diagnosed with early stage cervical cancer must undergo a hysterectomy, a treatment that results in permanent infertility.
- Ovarian Cancer News
Large Study Finds Prolonged Use Estrogen Replacement Therapy Increases Risk of Death from Ovarian Cancer (dateline March 22, 2001)
In a study of more than 200,000 women, researchers from the American Cancer Society found that using estrogen replacement therapy (ERT) for 10 or more years increases the risk of death from ovarian cancer.
- Ovarian Cancer News
Physicians and Women Often Ignore Early Signs of Ovarian Cancer (dateline November 20, 2000)
Physicians often call ovarian cancer the "silent killer" because the symptoms of the disease are believed to vague and sometimes nonexistent until advanced stages of the disease.
- Ovarian Cancer News
Study Finds New Treatment Option for Advanced Ovarian Cancer Patients (dateline June 1, 2000)
A preliminary study presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) in May 2000 finds that weekly doses of the chemotherapy drug paclitaxel (brand name, Taxol) may benefit advanced ovarian cancer patients who have become resistant to standard chemotherapy with a c
- Ovarian Cancer News
BRCA Gene Mutations Put Women At Greater Risk for Ovarian Cancer But Also Increase Chances of Survival (Dateline May 5, 2000)
Women who have genetic mutations of the BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene are at an increased risk of developing ovarian cancer and breast cancer.