UCLA researchers have identified a potential diagnostic marker that could help predict how likely someone with cervical cancer is to respond to the standard treatment of chemotherapy and radiation. The scientists found that PACS-1, a gene that resides on a…
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HPV vaccine has reduced need for cervical cancer screening, medical group says
For the first time, an expert medical group has recommended delaying, decreasing and simplifying cervical cancer screening, largely because the HPV vaccine, introduced 14 years ago, is protecting young women from the disease. Most Americans still don’t know that the…
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Cervical precancer identified by fluorescence, in a step toward bedside detection
A team of researchers at Tufts University’s School of Engineering and its School of Medicine, and physicians at Tufts Medical Center have developed a method using fluorescence to detect precancerous metabolic and physical changes in epithelial cells lining the cervix….
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Woman, 41, has 'miracle twins' after beating cervical cancer
Workaholic, 41, gives birth to ‘miracle twins’ – despite doctors warning she may NEVER have children following cervical cancer treatment Rebecca Allen was a ‘workaholic’ didn’t have a smear test for six years When she was diagnosed in 2017, she had…
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Cervical cancer rates show 'steep rise among women in their late 20s'
Cervical cancer rates jump by 54% among women in their late 20s as charity warns of ‘stalling progress’ and urges women to go to NHS screening appointments Cancer Research UK said there’s been a lack of progress in tackling the…
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