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  • Primary Care Physician Use of Pap Testing Examined



    Primary care physicians' recommendations for Papanicolaou testing are less likely to be in line with cervical cancer screening guidelines, according to a cross-sectional survey published in the Nov. 3 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine.

  • Liquid-Based Cytology Found No Better Than Pap Smear



    Liquid-based cytology has no better sensitivity or specificity than conventional cytology for detection of cervical cancer precursors, according to a study in the Oct. 28 issue of Journal of the American Medical Association.

  • Neonatal Outcomes Examined in Cancer Pregnancies



    Pregnancies in women with cancer tend to have good outcomes overall, but have been associated with high rates of induced labor and newborn admission to a neonatal intensive care unit, according to a study published online Oct. 19 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

  • Cost, Efficacy of HPV Vaccine in Older Women Explored



    Giving human papillomavirus vaccinations to older women may provide little absolute risk reduction at a high cost, according to a study in the Oct. 20 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine.

  • Integrating Late-Breaking Growth Factor Evidence, Guidelines, and Policy Into Clinical Practice



  • FDA Approves Vaccines for HPV-Related Disease



    On Oct. 16, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved two vaccines to prevent diseases related to human papillomavirus in males and females.

  • Standards of Care Evolving for Uncommon Uterine Cancer



    Uterine papillary serous carcinoma, the less common form of endometrial cancer, causes a disproportionate number of deaths, and more clinical trials are needed to develop evidence-based management strategies, according to a literature review in the October issue of Gynecologic Oncology.

  • AACR: HPV Types Identified in Indian Women



    Human papillomavirus types -16 and -18 are common in north Indian women with cervical cancer or an unhealthy cervix, and a cervical cancer vaccine targeting these types could eliminate 75 percent of the region's cervical cancers, according to a study presented at the American Association for Cancer Research Frontiers in Basic Cancer Research Meeting, held from Oct. 8 to 11 in Boston.

  • Risk of Cancers in HIV-Infected Patients Assessed



    Immunodeficiency greatly increases the risk of seven AIDS-defining and non-AIDS-defining cancers in HIV-infected patients, and combination treatment that increases CD4 counts can reduce this risk, according to a study published online Oct. 8 in The Lancet Oncology.

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