Rwanda: Rwanda's Grace Mutesi Scoops Laureate Award for Cervical Cancer Fight
[New Times] Rwandan-born Grace Mutesi on Thursday, November 9, was honoured among the 2023 award-winning Laureates by Fondation L'Oréal and UNESCO for her scientific work in preventing cervical cancer. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 9, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Central Africa East Africa Health and Medicine Noncommunicable Diseases Rwanda Source Type: news
Housing assistance improves breast cancer screening uptake
Breast cancer screening uptake is higher for low-income women who receive government housing assistance compared to those who don’t, according to findings published November 9 in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. Researchers led by Jordan Baeker Bispo, PhD, from the American Cancer Society in Atlanta found that the odds of breast cancer screening were 30% higher for women receiving housing assistance in urban areas and doubled for women aged 45-54 years and those of Hispanic ethnicity. “The findings… suggest that access to housing assistance facilitates utilization of breast cancer screening among some...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - November 9, 2023 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: Subspecialties Womens Imaging Breast Imaging Source Type: news
Best Way to Prevent Cervical Cancers: Immunize Boys Against HPV, Too
THURSDAY, Nov. 9, 2023 -- The best way to prevent cervical cancer in women is to give HPV vaccines to both boys and girls, a new study argues.That way, herd immunity could help eradicate the cancer-causing virus, researchers say.Cancer-related HPV... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - November 9, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Road to RSNA 2023: Women's Imaging Preview
Women’s imaging has a lot going for it at RSNA 2023 in Chicago. A large variety of methods and modalities will be showcased for breast cancer screening, diagnosis, and treatment, as well as other pathologies. Supplemental screening takes center stage at the meeting as researchers highlight the roles of imaging modalities such as MRI, ultrasound, and molecular breast imaging in confirming suspicious findings on screening mammography. Along with that, radiologists are tackling the challenge of screening for dense breasts, an issue that has come under intense focus in recent years.In scientific presentations, researchers wi...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - November 9, 2023 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: 2023 2023 Women's Imaging Preview Source Type: news
Sexual Health Suffered After Radical Hysterectomy for Early Cervical Cancer
(MedPage Today) -- SEOUL, South Korea -- Women with low-risk, early-stage cervical cancer who underwent radical hysterectomy experienced more toxicities associated with sexual health compared with those who underwent a simple hysterectomy, according... (Source: MedPage Today Hematology/Oncology)
Source: MedPage Today Hematology/Oncology - November 7, 2023 Category: Hematology Source Type: news
Mixed Results for Tiragolumab/Atezolizumab Combo in PD-L1+ Recurrent Cervical Cancer
(MedPage Today) -- SEOUL, South Korea -- Combining the novel anti-TIGIT monoclonal antibody tiragolumab with atezolizumab (Tecentriq) to treat PD-L1-positive recurrent cervical cancer didn't improve overall response rate (ORR) in the phase II... (Source: MedPage Today Hematology/Oncology)
Source: MedPage Today Hematology/Oncology - November 7, 2023 Category: Hematology Source Type: news
For lung cancer it's 74. For breast cancer, 70. And for cervical cancer it's just 64. So why does the NHS impose age limits on health screening that could save older people's lives?
People over the age of 74 are excluded from routine NHS lung cancer screening, as are women over 70 from routine breast screening, and you won't be given the shingles jab if you're 80 or above. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Africa: Cervical Cancer Elimination Should Be Backed by Global Funding - Expert
[allAfrica] Gaborone -- Cervical cancer is preventable and curable if it is detected early and managed effectively. It is the fourth most common form of cancer among women in the world. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 6, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Africa External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa Noncommunicable Diseases Source Type: news
Adding Atezolizumab Improves Survival in Advanced Cervical Cancer
(MedPage Today) -- First-line treatment with the anti-PD-L1 inhibitor atezolizumab (Tecentriq) combined with bevacizumab (Avastin) and platinum-based chemotherapy significantly improved survival in patients with metastatic or recurrent cervical... (Source: MedPage Today Hematology/Oncology)
Source: MedPage Today Hematology/Oncology - November 3, 2023 Category: Hematology Source Type: news
ADC Shows Survival Benefit in Mets Cervical Cancer ADC Shows Survival Benefit in Mets Cervical Cancer
The antibody-drug conjugate tisotumab vedotin led to improved outcomes compared with chemotherapy in second- or third-line treatment of recurrent/metastatic cervical cancer.MDedge News (Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines - November 2, 2023 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news
South Africa: Screen and Treat Essential to Beat Cervical Cancer
[UCT] In 2020 the World Health Organization (WHO) publicised a global strategy to accelerate the elimination of cervical cancer as a public health problem. To achieve this goal, the organisation recommends that 90% of girls be fully vaccinated with the human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine by the age of 15; and that 70% of women be screened with a high-performance test by the age of 35. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 2, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Noncommunicable Diseases Science and Biotechnology South Africa Southern Africa Sustainable Development Women and Gender Source Type: news
NIH researchers develop approach that could help supercharge T-cell therapies against solid tumors
Early research in animal models shows potential against cervical cancer and neuroblastoma. (Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases)
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - November 1, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: news
COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy: Sharing ‘ Real-Time ’ Data, Consistent, Simple Messaging Helps
Aradhiya Khan, 25, a transwoman, got her vaccination in the middle of the night in July 2021, when the centre was less crowded, and stood in the women's line as there was none for her gender. By Zofeen EbrahimKARACHI, Oct 31 2023 (IPS) After months of warding off appeals from his employers to get vaccinated for the COVID-19 disease, Mohammad Yusuf, 24, working as a live-in domestic worker in Karachi’s Clifton area, finally relented and got his first shot.
“I believed that anyone who took the vaccine would die within two years,” he told IPS. He said he got this information from social media.
The people who finally con...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - October 31, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Zofeen Ebrahim Tags: Asia-Pacific COVID-19 Development & Aid Education Featured Headlines Health Human Rights TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau IPS UN Bureau Report Pakistan Source Type: news
Africa: Cervical Cancer Survivors Demand Equity and Unity
[allAfrica] Gaborone -- When Karen Nakawala-Mayond experienced a nagging backache she put it down to her love for high heels. And then when she started bleeding in between her monthly periods, she thought it was the onset of menopause. That was until her gynaecologist insisted that she be screened for cervical cancer. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 30, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Africa Botswana Health and Medicine Noncommunicable Diseases Southern Africa Sustainable Development Zambia Source Type: news
Induction Chemo Extends Survival in Cervical Cancer Induction Chemo Extends Survival in Cervical Cancer
Induction chemotherapy before definitive chemoradiation improved progression-free and overall survival in locally advanced cervical cancer.MDedge News (Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines - October 27, 2023 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news
