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New Modeling Analysis Shows Screening for Cervical Cancer with Pap+HPV Together™ Could Provide Better Clinical and Economic Outcomes than Screening with HPV Alone*: Co-testing could prevent...
Schoolgirl cancer vaccination encourages mothers to attend cervical screening
11/16/2015
Manchester researchers have shown that the introduction of the HPV vaccination programme for girls has increased uptake for cervical cancer screening by their mothers.
Schoolgirl cancer vaccination encourages mothers to attend cervical screening
11/16/2015
Manchester researchers have shown that the introduction of the HPV vaccination programme for girls has increased uptake for cervical cancer screening by their mothers.
FDA approves Adjuvant Yervoy in melanoma based on results of EORTC trial 18071
11/16/2015
Based on the results of EORTC trial 18071, the FDA expanded the approval of Yervoy (ipilimumab) in melanoma to include adjuvant treatment of patients with stage 3 melanoma at high risk of recurrence...
Disparities in colorectal cancer death rates take a large economic toll
11/16/2015
Preventable deaths account for $6.4 billion in lost productivity.Disparities in colorectal cancer death rates take a large toll on the national economy, with poorer, less-educated communities...
Researchers design and patent graphene biosensors
11/16/2015
The Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology is patenting biosensor chips based on graphene, graphene oxide and carbon nanotubes that will improve the analysis of biochemical reactions and...
Healthy diet may reduce risk of ovarian cancer in African-American women
11/16/2015
A healthy diet may reduce the risk of ovarian cancer in African-American women, according to data presented at the Eighth American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Conference on the Science of...
Will immunotherapy add value to chemotherapy for HER-2 positive gastric cancer?
11/16/2015
The prognosis for patients with gastric cancer is poor. In western countries even patients with localized gastric or gastro-esophageal junction adenocarcinoma are faced with 5-year survival rates of...
New model helps predict breast cancer risk in Hispanic women
11/16/2015
The first breast cancer risk-prediction model based entirely on data from Hispanic women, including whether a woman was born in or outside of the United States, provided a more accurate assessment...
Simultaneous pregnancy and leukaemia offer a treatment challenge
11/14/2015
How would her doctors juggle her desires for sustainable cancer remission and a healthy delivery?