 | | | | Cervical Cancer Headlines | | | (Associated Press) -- Several doctors groups and advocacy groups set guidelines for cancer screening, and they update that advice periodically as new information emerges. Sometimes they agree, sometimes they don't. Last year, a number of groups got together and issued consensus guidelines for colon cancer.
WASHINGTON (AP)-- First mammograms. Now -- in an apparent coincidence -- Pap smears.
ATLANTA (AP) -- A second kind of vaccine against cervical cancer may be added to the recommended list for girls and young women after a federal advisory panel voted Wednesday to support it.
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Dr. Christine Daniel promised to her patients what many considered the improbable -- the chance to cure cancer through an herbal treatment.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Drugmaker Merck likely will face U.S. competition for its vaccine Gardasil, after federal experts recommended rival GlaxoSmithKline's Cervarix also be approved to prevent the virus that causes most cervical cancers.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Four years after the government severely restricted its use, the lung cancer drug Iressa may be poised to make a comeback: A study concludes it can slow the deadly disease better than standard chemotherapy in certain patients.
(USA TODAY) -- Asking nurses to reach out to people who have advanced cancer -- even if only by phone -- can improve patients' mood and quality of life, a study in today's Journal of the American Medical Association reports.
(Associated Press) -- Two studies by federal and academic researchers have found low rates of side effects with the blockbuster cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil, but a total of 32 deaths -- and questionable promotion tactics by maker Merck & Co.
LONDON (AP) -- The World Health Organization has approved a cervical cancer vaccine made by GlaxoSmithKline, meaning U.N. agencies and partners can now officially buy millions of doses of the vaccine for poor countries worldwide.
(McClatchy-Tribune Information Services) -- The largest-ever trial for a cervical cancer vaccine shows that the drug Cervarix protects women from five of the most common cancercausing viruses, a University of New Mexico researcher said Tuesday.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (McClatchy-Tribune Information Services) -- As the hottest months of summer approach, dermatologists say people need to take extra precautions when working and having fun in the sun.
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