#cervical cancer

Ciara Urges Black Women to Get Screened for Cervical Cancer

Plus, a court ruling has the potential to invalidate required free screenings, including for breast, colorectal, cervical and lung cancer.

The unique cells taken from Henrietta Lacks allowed for breakthroughs in vaccines and drugs. She died of cervical cancer in 1951.

Joining First Lady Jill Biden, R&B icon Mary J. Blige spoke about racial disparities in cancer prevention and treatment.

Cancer mortality was about 3.5% lower in states that expanded Medicaid.

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.

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.