“Australia is leading the world in cervical cancer elimination, but we must maintain momentum to make this goal a reality,” said Hon. Rebecca White MP, A ssistant Minister for Health and Aged ...

“Personalized, risk-based screening is critical to improving breast cancer outcomes, and AI tools offer us the best opportunity to fulfill that potential,” said Robert Smith, PhD, senior vice ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first at-home kit for self-collecting samples for cervical cancer screening for people ages 25 to 65 at average risk, according to Teal Health, the ...

Medications used to treat skin melanoma, such as checkpoint inhibitor immunotherapy, do not work as well against uveal melanoma. Kimmtrak, the first drug approved specifically for this type of cancer, ...

“There is no easy way to say this but I know my wife @camilla_row would have wanted me to thank every person from all over the world who prayed for her over the last 8 years she suffered immeasurably ...

Between December 2012 and October 2019, lead study author Andreas Obermair, MD, a professor of gynecological oncology at the University of Queensland in Australia, and colleagues recruited 165 women ...

Recognizing the value of DPD testing, England’s National Health Service (NHS) will be making the test available nationwide, according to The Guardian. The NHS notes that of the 38,000 people with ...

Earlier today, W. Kimryn Rathmell, MD, PhD, announced her decision to step down as the 17th Director of the National Cancer Institute (NCI). Dr. Rathmell, who assumed the role on December 18, 2023, ...

During the peak shortage, prescriptions for the meds dropped 15%. But overall from February 2023 to January 2024, platinum chemotherapy use decreased by only 2.7% compared with the previous year, ...

Scientists and advocates for trans rights say the change will make it much harder to understand cancer diagnoses and trends among the trans population.

The original IV infusion formulation of Opdivo is approved for the treatment of 11 different types of cancer. The new injectable formulation is indicated—alone or in combination regimens—for most of ...

Cervical cancer, usually caused by human papillomavirus (HPV), can be prevented with HPV vaccines, and precancerous cervical cell changes can be detected early with regular Pap smears and HPV tests.