Whether you're a patient, advocate or researcher, what are you most hopeful will emerge from the biopharmaceutical pipeline in the coming years?
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As we all know, there are hundreds of thousands of people in this country with unmet medical needs. They are desperately seeking new treatments, let alone cures, for their conditions. I represent an organization that addresses systemic issues that impact the lives of all people living with chronic diseases and disabilities, so I struggle with identifying any one new treatment for any specific condition that we want to emerge from the biopharmaceutical pipeline.
What I am hopeful for – and the patient community is already seeing emer...
Source: PHRMA - September 17, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Stephen Source Type: news
General DNA Sequencing Can Reveal Previously Undetectable HPV
There are 170 established HPV types. Cancerous human papillomavirus (HPV) viruses are the main cause of cervical cancer, and are found in close to 100% of cervical tumors. Cervical cancer and genital warts are caused by HPV. However, testing for the virus using standard techniques can sometimes give a negative result - in these cases, the condylomas are called 'virus-negative' warts. In a new study published in Virology, researchers assessed the DNA found in samples taken from 40 patients with 'virus-negative' genital warts... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - July 15, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cervical Cancer / HPV Vaccine Source Type: news
Notre Dame and Harper researchers developing novel method to test for HPV and oral cancers
(University of Notre Dame) Research being carried out at the University of Notre Dame and its affiliated Harper Cancer Research Institute may lead to the development of a rapid, cost-effective means of screening for oral cancers and the human papillomavirus. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - June 24, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Test may predict HPV-related throat cancer
Scientists may be able to predict throat cancers caused by the human papillomavirus more than 10 years before patients get diagnosed, according to research published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. (Source: WDSU.com - Health)
Source: WDSU.com - Health - June 18, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Blood test one day may detect oral cancer from oral sex
BETHESDA, Md., June 17 (UPI) -- A test may one day detect human papillomavirus to identify those of increased risk of HPV-related oral cancer as a result of oral sex, U.S. researchers say. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - June 18, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Oral Cancers Linked to Sex Could Be Found EarlierOral Cancers Linked to Sex Could Be Found Earlier
Antibodies to a high-risk type human papillomavirus (HPV) that causes mouth and throat cancers when transmitted via oral sex can be detected in blood tests many years before onset of the disease. Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - June 17, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news
Cervical Cancer Detection In Kenya Via Self-Collection Of Samples For HPV Testing
In Kenya, women face a cervical cancer mortality rate that is approximately 10 times as high as in the United States. A study by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill suggests that training women to self-collect genital samples to test for human papillomavirus (HPV), the causative agent of cervical cancer, can increase the coverage rates of cervical cancer screening. Higher screening coverage helps increase rates of detection of cervical lesions and ultimately treatment of the disease... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - May 6, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cervical Cancer / HPV Vaccine Source Type: news
Self-collection of samples for HPV testing shows promise in detection of cervical cancer in Kenya
(University of North Carolina Health Care) A study by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill suggests that training women to self-collect genital samples to test for human papillomavirus, the causative agent of cervical cancer, can increase the coverage rates of cervical cancer screening. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - May 1, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Research Letter, Viewpoint, Invited Commentary Examine Cervical Cancer Screening Intervals
JAMA Internal Medicine Study Highlights A research letter by Zahava Berkowitz, M.S.P.H., M.Sc., of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and colleagues found that most of the 2,087 primary care clinicians surveyed recommended Papanicolaou (pap) tests sooner than recommended by guidelines after co-testing for the human papillomavirus (HPV)... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - April 8, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cervical Cancer / HPV Vaccine Source Type: news
Most Cancer Deaths Continue To Drop
WebMD Medical News
By Denise Mann
Reviewed by Laura J. Martin, MD
Fewer Americans are dying from cancer.
This is one main take-away from the latest report on cancer death rates and new diagnoses of cancer in the U.S. This decline is seen among men and women across all major racial and ethnic groups, and for 17 of the most common types of cancer including lung, colon, breast, and prostate cancers.
Still, not all of the news from the new report is positive.
Rates of death are on the rise from the potentially fatal form of skin cancer, melanoma, in men; uterine cancer in women; and liver and pancreatic cancer in both sexes. ...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - January 9, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: mreal197 Tags: WebMD News Source Type: news
DNA from Pap Smears Could Help Detect Endometrial and Ovarian Cancer
In an article published today in Science Translational Medicine, researchers suggest that analyzing DNA from Pap smears could help detect endometrial and ovarian cancer. Analyzing DNA from Pap smears could help detect endometrial and ovarian cancer, a new study published Jan. 9, 2013 in Science Translational Medicine reports. OCRF Scientific Advisory Committee member (and former grantee) Doug Levine, MD, was among the authors of the article, which was highlighted on the cover of the journal.The routine Pap smear, which allows doctors to detect abnormal cells in a woman's cervix, was recently updated to scree...
Source: OCRF News - January 9, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Updated NCCN Guidelines for Cervical Cancer Screening Highlight Appropriate Use of New HPV DNA Tests
The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) recently updated the NCCN Guidelines for Cervical Cancer Screening to provide further recommendations for a subset of women with conflicting results on cervical cytology/Pap tests and Human papillomavirus (HPV) High Risk DNA tests. The NCCN Guidelines include recommendations regarding screening techniques, screening intervals, and management of abnormal screening resulting from cervical cytology/Pap smear and colposcopy.
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Source: National Comprehensive Cancer Network - October 14, 2009 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
