Cervical Cancer Breakthrough News
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Mar 12,
2008
FDA Extends Anemia Drug
Warning to Cervical Cancer |
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By
Peggy Peck, Executive Editor, MedPage Today
ROCKVILLE, Md., March
12 -- Cervical cancer has been added to the list of
malignancies that are worsened by aggressive use of
the erythropoiesis-stimulating agents darbepoetin
alfa (Aranesp) and epoetin alfa (Epogen, Procrit),
according to the FDA. <READ
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Mar 10,
2008
SGO: HPV Vaccine
Reduces Abnormal Pap Tests and Cervical Procedures
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By
Charles Bankhead, Staff, MedPage Today
TAMPA, Fla., March 10
-- Vaccination with the human papillomavirus
quadrivalent vaccine (Gardasil) significantly
reduced the frequency of abnormal Pap smears over
four years and the need for cervical procedures and
surgery, investigators reported here. <READ
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Nov 30, 2007
Cancer Advances in Focus: Cervical Cancer |
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By
National Cancer Institute
Thirty-Five Years Ago ... As recently as the
1940s, invasive cervical cancer was a major cause of
death among women of childbearing years in the
United States. <READ
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Oct
17, 2007
Viral Test Outdoes Pap Smear in Sensitivity |
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By
Michael Smith, Senior Staff Writer, MedPage Today
MONTREAL, Oct. 17 --
Viral testing to detect cervical cancer appears to
outperform the conventional Pap smear in some
respects, researchers here have concluded. <READ
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Aug
6, 2007
New Cervical Cancer Guidelines Expand Role of
Fertility-Preserving Surgery |
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By
Charles Bankhead, Staff Writer, MedPage Today
JENKINTOWN, Pa, Aug. 6
-- Indications for fertility-preserving surgery in
cervical cancer now include selected patients with
stage IB1 disease with smaller lesions. <READ
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