How Rwanda could be the first country to wipe out cervical cancer
The East African country’s campaign to end cervical cancer through the HPV vaccine has had…
Browsing: Gynaecologic Cancers
Tips from Nigeria on teaching teens about breast and cervical cancer
Chris Ifediora, Griffith University Globally, one in six women will develop cancer in her lifetime,…
Research could lead to more precise diagnosis and treatment of ovarian cancer
Oncologists may soon have an accurate and inexpensive way of differentiating between types of ovarian…
Scientists identify genes tied to increased risk of ovarian cancer
A team of researchers at UCLA’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer, Cedars-Sinai Cancer and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute…
Imaging system helps surgeons remove tiny ovarian tumours
Ovarian cancer is usually diagnosed only after it has reached an advanced stage, with many…
Cervical cancer subtype rising in some sub-populations
A new study reports that a type of cervical cancer that is less amenable to…
Cervical cancer is more aggressive when human papillomavirus is not detected
Cervical cancer negative for the human papilloma virus (HPV) is rare but more aggressive: it…
Ovarian cancer patients undertested for mutations that could guide clinical care
Fewer than a quarter of breast cancer patients and a third of ovarian cancer patients…
3D ultrasound gives clinicians clearer picture to treat gynaecological cancer
New technology is providing an improved way for radiation oncologists to deliver treatment to women…
Cervical pre-cancer rates down 88% in decade since HPV vaccinations began – first findings
Kevin Pollock, Glasgow Caledonian University Cervical cancer is the third most common cancer among women…