Microbiome may hold key to identifying HPV-infected women at risk for pre-cancer
Gardnerella bacteria in the cervicovaginal microbiome may serve as a biomarker to identify women infected with…
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Therapeutic HPV vaccine may improve outcomes in advanced cervical cancer
Combining a therapeutic vaccine for human papilloma virus (HPV) with two standard chemotherapy drugs may…
Study evaluates cervical cancer risks of IUDs
Patients who used copper intrauterine devices (Cu IUD) were found to have a lower risk…
A simple way to promote HPV vaccination among Asian American women: Storytelling
Minjin Kim, University of Massachusetts Medical School Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders – what demographers…
Cervical cancer elimination possible within two decades in the US
Scaling up cervical cancer screening coverage in the U.S. to 90% could expedite elimination of…
Single HPV vaccine dose may be effective against cervical cancer
New research indicates that a single dose of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine is as…
25 years of learning to combat cervical cancer
According to the World Health Organization, cervical cancer is the fourth most common type of…
Contraceptive drug shows promise for preventing and regressing cervical cancer
A study in The American Journal of Pathology, reports that medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA), the active ingredient…
Mailed self-sampling kits helped more women get screened for cervical cancer
Signalling a potential major change in cervical cancer screening options for women, a study found…
Gene editing successfully used to treat cervical cancer in mice
The Griffith University scientists used CRISPR-Cas9 to successfully target and treat cervical cancer tumours in…