ASTRO updates guidelines on painful bone metastases
The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) has published an updated...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading: Elekta to support ASTRO safety initiative ASTRO releases updated APBI guide ASTRO: PET predicts outcomes in vulvar cancer patients ASTRO doles out awards for research ASTRO releases updated rectal cancer treatment guide (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - February 14, 2017 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

ASTRO releases updated APBI guide
The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) has released an updated...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading: ASTRO: PET predicts outcomes in vulvar cancer patients ASTRO: Radiation boost cuts local recurrence in DCIS patients ASTRO: Negative PET/CT doesn't always mean dormant NSCLC ASTRO: Prostate cancer has 3 molecular subtypes ASTRO: OK to cut RT dose for primary medulloblastoma (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - November 17, 2016 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

Shortened RT works for low-risk prostate cancer patients
A shortened, higher-dose radiation therapy (RT) protocol is safe for low-risk...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading: ASTRO: PET predicts outcomes in vulvar cancer patients ASTRO: Radiation boost cuts local recurrence in DCIS patients ASTRO: Negative PET/CT doesn't always mean dormant NSCLC ASTRO: Prostate cancer has 3 molecular subtypes ASTRO: OK to cut RT dose for primary medulloblastoma (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - October 4, 2016 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

ASTRO: PET predicts outcomes in vulvar cancer patients
PET scans performed three months after chemoradiation treatment for vulvar...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading: ASTRO: Negative PET/CT doesn't always mean dormant NSCLC FDG-PET/CT aids assessment of lower-stage breast cancer PET/MRI matches PET/CT for gynecological malignancies (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - September 30, 2016 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

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Source: dukehealth.org: Duke Health News - May 20, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dg62 Source Type: news

NCCN Takes New Look at Vulvar CancerNCCN Takes New Look at Vulvar Cancer
Vulvar cancer is rare. Even oncologists who specialize in gynecologic cancers might only see one or two cases a year, so randomized trials are difficult to conduct. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines - April 6, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news

NCCN Publishes New Clinical Practice Guidelines for Vulvar Cancer
The new NCCN Guidelines for Vulvar Cancer are the most comprehensive and up-to-date clinical guidelines available to clinicians today. FORT WASHINGTON, PA - It is estimated that more than 5,000 cases of Vulvar Cancer were diagnosed in the United States in 2015, and approximately 1,000 women died from the diseasei. In order to provide comprehensive, up-to-date clinical treatment guidelines for this rare cancer, the National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®), an alliance of 26 of the nation... (Source: National Comprehensive Cancer Network)
Source: National Comprehensive Cancer Network - January 28, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news

Cancer Centers Urge More People to Get the HPV Vaccine
By Stacy Simon The American Cancer Society is supporting a call-to-action from dozens of National Cancer Institute-designated Cancer Centers across the US urging action to increase vaccination against human papillomavirus (HPV). HPV vaccines protect against high-risk types of the virus that cause most cervical cancers. The virus is also linked to cancers of the vulva, vagina, penis, anus, and throat. Despite this, vaccination rates across the US remain low. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), only 40% of girls and 21% of boys in the US have received all 3 doses of the vaccine. The CDC recomme...
Source: American Cancer Society :: News and Features - January 27, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Cervical Cancer Oral Cavity and Oropharyngeal Cancer Anal Cancer Vulvar Cancer Vaginal Cancer Source Type: news

By 2020, The Most Common HPV-Related Cancer Will Affect Men
While currently recommended for both boys and girls, the HPV vaccine was initially marketed -- and is still thought of -- as a way to protect young women and girls from cervical, vaginal and vulvar cancer. Boys, it's been commonly thought, should be vaccinated primarily to benefit herd immunity and any future female partners. But a new analysis from researchers at the Princess Margaret Cancer Center in Toronto, Canada, points out that boys who get the vaccine receive important protection as well, not only against genital warts, but against HPV strains that cause oropharyngeal (mouth and throat) cancer. "We believe this s...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - April 20, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news

Less invasive technique possible in vulvar cancer treatment
The results of a study evaluating the use of sentinel lymph node dissection in women with vulvar malignancies have been presented to experts. "The object of this study was to examine the sentinel lymph node alone in women with squamous cell carcinoma of the vulva and evaluate their recurrence in the groin and any complication rates," a researcher explains. "We discovered that removing just the sentinel node had decreased complication while maintaining a low rate of further occurrence of malignancy. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - March 26, 2014 Category: Science Source Type: news

Research: Less invasive technique possible in vulvar cancer treatment
(Women & Infants Hospital) A team of researchers from Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island commanded a national stage to present the results of a study evaluating the use of sentinel lymph node dissection in women with vulvar malignancies, and then follow the patients for complications and recurrence. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - March 26, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Women with gynecologic cancers may live longer when treated at high-volume medical centers
Women with ovarian and other gynecologic cancers live significantly longer when they receive care at hospitals that treat a large number of patients with these conditions, according to research on more than 850,000 women. Women with cervical, ovarian, uterine, vaginal and vulvar cancer who were cared for at high-volume centers lived about a year longer than those cared for at low-volume centers, the study found. The number of women treated at high-volume centers steadily increased during the course of the 13-year study. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - March 24, 2014 Category: Science Source Type: news

Most women undergoing surgery for vulvar cancer maintain healthy body image and sex life
(Wiley) A new study finds that most women who undergo conservative surgery for vulvar cancer experience little to no long-term disruption to sexuality and body image. Published early online in the Journal of Advanced Nursing, the study also reveals factors that can increase women's risk of feeling negative emotions after surgery. (Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer)
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - January 17, 2014 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news