New Way to Find Cervical Cancer Gives Hope of a Quick

New Way to Find Cervical Cancer Gives Hope of a Quick, Simple Test

Dr. Basil Rigas of Cornell University Medical College in New York City and Dr. Patrick T. T. Wong of the Canadian National Research Council in ...

New Technologies for Cervical Cancer Screening - PMC

Current screening uses HPV DNA testing combined with cytology and requires multiple visits at a great cost to the patient and the society. New methods for ...

An Alternative to Pap Smears is Here, No Speculum Required

Starting this fall, women will be able to use a simple swab to screen for cervical cancer. The method offers an alternative to a procedure ...

Cervical Cancer Tests | How to Test For Cervical Cancer

The first step in finding cervical cancer is often an abnormal Pap test result. Learn about other tests such as colposcopy, cone biopsy, ...

FDA approves self-collection test for virus that causes cervical cancer

Advocates hope the method will make it easier for women of color and those living in rural and underserved communities to screen for human ...

Cervical Cancer: New Treatment Cuts Disease-Related Death Risk

Clinicians are hopeful the new approach will give people with aggressive cervical cancer additional options for treatment, particularly ...

New cervical cancer treatment cuts risk of death from disease ... - CNN

Get CNN Health's weekly newsletter ... The US Food and Drug Administration greenlit a new option this year for patients to collect their own ...

New cervical cancer treatment regime 'cuts risk of dying from ...

It involves a short course of chemotherapy before patients undergo chemoradiation, the standard treatment for cervical cancer involving a ...

Biggest cervical cancer drug advance in 20 years hailed - BBC

"We're excited for the improvements this trial could bring to cervical cancer treatment and hope short courses of induction chemotherapy will be ...

12 new breakthroughs in the fight against cancer

A new trial giving cervical cancer patients a short course of chemotherapy before starting the standard treatment has cut the risk of death by ...

Cervical Cancer Screening: Exploring the At-Home HPV Test

Kaiser Permanente is at the forefront of cervical cancer research. Find out how home tests for HPV — a leading cause of cervical cancer ...

Cervical cancer screening and test | City of Hope | California

A Pap test is the standard way to see if there are any cervical cell changes that cause concern. An HPV test shows if you have an infection.

How epigenomic testing could improve cervical cancer detection

Introducing a new epigenomic test as part of routine cervical screening may help clinicians spot the signature of cervical cancer years before it develops.

Cervical cancer survival increases with better use of existing drugs

Cervical cancer patients were significantly more likely to be alive and cancer-free after five years when given a short course of chemotherapy prior to ...

Cervical Cancer - Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance

OCRA's online Clinical Trial Navigator is an easy-to-use, comprehensive tool that helps you find clinical trials for cervical cancer. Search by cancer type, ...

Cervical cancer treatment breakthrough cuts risk of death by 40%

Results from the INTERLACE trial show that giving cervical cancer patients a short ... The new approach also cuts the risk of cervical cancer ...

Self-collection for the Cervical Screening Test

A self-collected sample is taken from the vagina and is checked for human papillomavirus (HPV) – a common infection that causes almost all cervical cancers.

How We Diagnose Cervical Cancer

The most common screening test to detect cervical cancer or precancerous cells (dysplasia) is the Pap test.

New insights on self-sampling for cervical cancer screening

Regular cervical screening provides lasting protection against cervical cancer. Research shows that people who have regularly attended cervical ...

Why your next trip to the gyno might be different - CNN

The first shipments of some self-collection HPV tests for cervical cancer screening are currently on their way to doctors' offices across ...