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HPV testing: Indications of a benefit in primary screening

Studies currently available provide indications and a "hint" that precursors of cervical cancer can be detected and treated earlier, and consequently tumours occur less often, in women who underwent testing for human papillomavirus ...

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created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Obesity and cancer screening: Do race and gender also play a role?

Researchers in Family and Community Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University recently found that obesity was linked to higher rates of prostate cancer screening across all races/ethnic differences and lower rates of cervical ...

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created Jan 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Depression and anxiety not linked to delayed resolution of abnormal mammograms, Pap tests

In what is believed to be the first study of its kind to examine the relationship between pre-existing depression (with and without anxiety) and the amount of time to diagnostically resolve an abnormal mammogram and/or Pap ...

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created Nov 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Health groups issue proposed cervical cancer screening guidelines

The American Cancer Society (ACS), the American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology (ASCCP), and the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) have proposed new guidelines for the prevention and early detection ...

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created Oct 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Annual cancer screening tests urged less and less

Annual cancer tests are becoming a thing of the past. New guidelines out Wednesday for cervical cancer screening have experts at odds over some things, but they are united in the view that the common practice of getting a ...

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created Oct 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Doctors: Pap remains best test for cervical cancer

There's more news on cancer screening tests - this time for women. Scientists advising the government say a Pap test is a good way to screen young and middle-aged women for cervical cancer, and it's only needed once every ...

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created Oct 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

HPV test beats Pap for cervical cancer screening

Two big studies suggest possible new ways to screen healthy people for cervical or prostate cancers, but a third disappointed those hoping for a way to detect early signs of deadly ovarian tumors.

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created May 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Study urges three-year gap in cervical cancer test

Healthy women over 30 who test negative for human papillomaviruses (HPV) may be able to safely extend the period between gynecological exams from every year to three years, said a US study Wednesday.

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created May 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cost-effectiveness research needs to be considered in developing new medical technology

Cost-effectiveness analysis should play a bigger role in the American health care system, argued a University of Chicago researcher Friday at the annual conference of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

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created Feb 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Electronic tracking system can improve follow-up after an abnormal Pap test

Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) report that physicians who use an automated, electronic medical record (EMR) tracking system to follow-up on patients with an abnormal Pap test could increase the ...

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created Aug 20, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Hmong-American Women Far Less Likely to Get Pap Test

The Asian-American community of Hmong women in California carries a stunning burden of cervical cancer and resulting mortality four times as high as non-Hispanic white women in California do.

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created Aug 05, 2010 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Many clinicians may be screening for cervical cancer too frequently

Clinical guidelines recommend screening low-risk women for cervical cancer every three years after age 30, but most primary care clinicians report that they would advise testing for the disease more frequently, according ...

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created Jun 14, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study shows Hodgkin lymphoma survivors lack post-treatment screening for other cancers

A population-based study of 2,071 Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) survivors over 15 years has discovered that while many survivors had multiple X-rays and CT scans years after treatment was finished, they often did not receive recommended ...

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created Jun 10, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

HPV test detects more pre-cancerous cells than conventional smear test

Human papillomavirus (HPV) screening detects more cervical severe pre-cancerous lesions than conventional cervical screening, finds a study published in the British Medical Journal today.

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created Apr 27, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

HPV vaccines may reduce a wide range of genital diseases

High-coverage human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccinations among adolescents and young women may result in a rapid reduction of genital warts, cervical cell abnormalities, and diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, researchers ...

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created Feb 05, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0