Pap test could detect other cancers
ANALYSING DNA from Pap smear tests could detect ovarian and endometrial cancers in the future, a study suggests.
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cervical cancer
The following articles have the tag cervical cancer
Cervical cancer screening in women under 25 causes 'more harm than good'
THE UK’s National Screening Committee (NSC) has recommended women be invited for cervical screening from the age of 25 following a re-examination of evidence.
Excess risk of cervical cancer remains after CIN treatment
WOMEN treated for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) still have a fourfold increased risk of cervical cancer compared to those with normal smear test results, according to a European study.
Cancer in pregnancy on the rise, but researchers unsure why
THE rate of pregnancy-associated cancer is rising, according to a new Australian study.
Focus on cervix a turn-off for boys?
A REVAMPED, gender-neutral public information campaign will be needed to achieve high uptake of the HPV vaccine among boys, a sexual health expert warns.
Cervical abnormalities still high despite drop in screening participation
DETECTION of high-grade cervical abnormalities in the national screening program remains high even though the numbers participating have dropped slightly, a report shows.
HPV vax for boys not equitable: public health experts
Australia should be supporting HPV vaccination of girls in neighbouring and Pacific Island nations rather than funding universal vaccination of boys, a leading infectious diseases expert suggests.
Australia ‘lagging behind’ in radiation standard care
AUSTRALIA has lagged behind in the introduction of radiation therapy technology that is standard care in the US and UK, according to experts who said half of Australians diagnosed with cancer would benefit from some form of radiotherapy. Availability of technology to deliver that therapy was one of the topics discussed by more than 1000 experts from around the world who met in Melbourne last week for the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists 62nd Annual Scientific Meeting. College Faculty of Radiation Oncology dean Professor Christopher Milross said radiotherapy was estimated to contribute to 40% ...
IUDs may protect against cervical cancer
INTRAUTERINE devices (IUDs) may protect against the development of cervical cancer, according to findings from studies covering 20,000 women. Women with ever-use of an IUD were found to have almost half the incidence of cervical cancer compared to non-IUD users. Strong protection was seen for squamous cell carcinoma (a 44% reduced risk), and adenocarcinoma and adenosquamous carcinoma (a 54% reduced risk), though less so in women who were HPV positive (32% reduced risk). The analysis took in data from two large studies by the International Agency for Research on Cancer and Institut Català d’Oncologia, totalling ...
Teenagers clueless on HPV’s link to cancer
EVEN sexually active high school students appear to have little knowledge of HPV and its relationship with genital warts and cervical cancer. With the emphasis on immunisation against cervical cancer, an opportunity may have been missed to bring about greater understanding of HPV as an STI, researchers suggest. Three thousand students from 105 Australian public and independent schools took part in a government-funded survey, which found only a third had heard of HPV. Girls were much more likely than boys (43% vs 19%) to be aware of the virus, and that was largely because of the ...
The future of cervical screening
Advice not to subsidise newer cervical screening tests has angered experts but a new committee looking at the future of the national screening program will still consider their future role. Rada Rouse reports. PATHOLOGISTS who have been pioneering the use of the latest cervical screening technologies in Australia have been frustrated by repeated efforts to attract government funding. Years of discussions and meetings, but no action, have left them concerned that Australia now lags behind other developed nations and the lack of funding is forcing younger women to face unnecessary investigations. The latest rebuff, ...
Cervical screening program under review
CHANGE is coming for Australia’s cervical cancer screening program, which is set to be overhauled in the wake of new technologies and HPV vaccination. A senior bureaucrat from the Federal Health Department told the recent Preventing Cervical Cancer 2009 conference in Melbourne that a strategy to review the national program had been developed, and that the process would take at least 2.5 years, according to sources in attendance. The review was welcomed by cytologist Professor Annabelle Farnsworth, who wrote an editorial in the Medical Journal of Australia last year calling for a revamp ...
Doubts over boys’ HPV vax benefit
THE beneficial effect of reducing the risk of cervical cancer in women if young males also received HPV vaccine would be modest, Australian researchers told last week's Australasian Sexual Health Conference 2008 in Perth. Mathematical modelling conducted at the National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research in Sydney, and other institutions, showed that this would be the case even if the vaccine was 100% effective and conferred lifelong immunity. According to lead researcher Dr Matthew Law from the centre, benefits for boys themselves in reducing genital warts and head, neck and anal cancers triggered by HPV ...
World report - 30 May
• HPV VAX TOO EXPENSIVE THE rollout of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines in developing countries has been hindered by high costs. An editorial in The Lancet reported Merck’s HPV vaccine, Gardasil, was the most expensive childhood vaccine in the world, costing $375 for the three doses scheduled. Experts recently convened in Mexico City to discuss the obstacles affecting cervical cancer control in Latin America and the Caribbean. A report presented at the meeting estimated 70,000 women in the region would die of cervical cancer annually over the next 20 years. However, the ...
Cervical screening rethink urged
AUSTRALIA urgently needs a formal review of human papilloma virus (HPV) DNA testing as a primary screen for detection of cervical cancer, The Cancer Council Australia says. A report from an expert roundtable convened by the council said the introduction of HPV immunisation left the sustainability of the existing National Cervical Screening Program in doubt. According to estimates by vaccine inventor Professor Ian Frazer, when vaccinated women enter the screening program, high-grade lesions will drop by 50% and low-grade lesions by 20%, reducing the positive predictive value of diagnoses, the report Best Practice in Cervical ...