Only 10-20 percent rural Indian women aware about cervical cancer savita thakur thakur2 Jun 2016 4:50 PM ISTAccording to the survey, an estimated 62,416 cervical cancer deaths were reported across the world in 2015, which is the eight per cent of the total...
HPV infection may increase vaginal cancer risk supriya kashyap kashyap1 July 2016 2:04 PM ISTNew York : Persistent infection with the human papillomavirus (HPV) may put women at long-term increased risk of developing anal, vulvar and vaginal...
HPV vaccine reduced cervical abnormalities in young women supriya kashyap kashyap5 July 2016 3:18 PM ISTYoung women who received the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine through a school-based program had fewer cervical cell anomalies when screened for...
New Breast Cancer Cases To Rise To 3.2 Million A Year By 2030 supriya kashyap kashyap3 Nov 2016 2:54 PM ISTBy 2030, the number of women diagnosed every year with breast cancer could almost double to 3.2 million and cervical cancer cases can rise at least 25...
Only two HPV shots for younger adolescents: New CDC recommendation Noha16 Dec 2016 2:39 PM ISTCenters for diseases control and prevention (CDC) has recently recommended that 11- to 12-year-olds receive two doses of HPV vaccine at least six...
First global Guidelines for HPV vaccination for cervical cancer prevention supriya kashyap kashyap21 March 2017 10:04 AM ISTThe American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) has issued a clinical practice guideline on human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination for the prevention...
Two dose HPV vaccine effective in treating genital warts, study finds supriya kashyap kashyap16 May 2017 1:08 PM ISTAs of this year, kids under the age of 15 only need 2 doses of HPV vaccine. New research out of Boston Medical Center, published online in the STD...
Soon, an accurate, cheap genetic test for anal cancer Anjali Nimesh Nimesh29 May 2017 2:06 PM ISTWashington D.C.: A new genetic test could be an accurate and inexpensive way to find and treat those at highest risk of anal cancer - a disease with...
New study finds improved vaccine that protects against nine types of HPV Anjali Nimesh Nimesh7 Sept 2017 9:35 AM ISTCervical cancer is the second most common cause of cancer-related death worldwide, with almost 300,000 deaths occurring each year. More than 80...
Cervical lesions Screening: HPV testing better than pap-smear supriya kashyap kashyap20 Sept 2017 10:18 AM ISTHuman papillomavirus (HPV) testing detects a higher number of precancerous cervical lesions than cytology-based Pap smears in a female population...
Blood test for HPV may help predict risk in cancer patients Anjali Nimesh Nimesh15 Oct 2017 7:15 PM ISTA blood test for the human papillomavirus, or HPV, may help researchers forecast whether patients with throat cancer linked to the sexually...
Is HPV vaccination safe for adult women? Anjali Nimesh Nimesh21 Oct 2017 7:20 PM ISTIn a Journal of Internal Medicine study of more than 3 million Danish and Swedish adult women, human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination was not linked...
