#cervical cancer

Ciara Urges Black Women to Get Screened for Cervical Cancer

Plus: Study shows that cutting down on alcohol consumption can reduce cancer risk.

A partnership to prevent human papillomavirus cancers maintained and even grew HPV vaccination rates for 9- to 13-year-olds.

Prompt detection treatment of precancerous lesions cut the likelihood of developing anal cancer by more than half.

Each 10% increase in state spending decreased racial disparities in five-year overall survival by 5%.

Authors of a new study stress the need to improve access to cancer screenings, especially for minorities and lower-income populations.

The virtual intervention was deemed appropriate and involved an acceptable time commitment.

The United States Congress designated January as Cervical Health Awareness Month.

Early vaccination reduces the risk of cervical cancer by nearly 90%, but many young people remain unprotected.

A law says any biological materials remaining after diagnostic procedures may be used for research—usually without an individual’s consent.

A majority people with oral and throat cancer tested positive for DNA from high-risk HPV types in their saliva.

The antibody-drug conjugate Tivdak led to remission in 24% of cervical cancer patients.

Teens can receive the cancer-preventing HPV vaccine at the same time as their COVID-19 vaccine.

But results from the Mass General Brigham system also found that racial and economic disparities remain for some tests.

Prolonged delays in cancer screening for low-income women during the pandemic threaten to increase existing health disparities.

The early cancer is detected, the easier it is to treat.