Gynecologic Oncology

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• Primary Care Physician Use of Pap Testing Examined Date: Nov 3, 2009

  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 Date: Oct 27, 2009

  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 Date: Oct 23, 2009

  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 Date: Oct 21, 2009

  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 Date: Oct 20, 2009

• FDA Approves Vaccines for HPV-Related Disease Date: Oct 19, 2009

  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 Date: Oct 13, 2009

  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 Date: Oct 12, 2009

  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 Date: Oct 12, 2009

  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.