NORTON, Zimbabwe — Lesotho’s Lishoeshoe soccer club was losing by four goals at halftime against South Africa’s Mamelodi Sundowns in the final of a regional Under-17 girls’ tournament in Zimbabwe aimed at promoting cervical cancer vaccination. By fulltime, the gap had stretched to 5-0. Yet for Lishoeshoe winger Nteboheleng Leticia Sooane, the result felt beside … Read more
Original story from UF Health Researchers have shown that visual aids and multilingual resources could boost women’s confidence in HPV self-collection and increase cervical cancer screening uptake rates. At-home kits that allow women to collect their own samples for HPV testing have been shown to improve cervical cancer screening rates. But some women lack confidence … Read more
A total of 1523 studies were found during the initial search of the included databases. After removing duplicate articles and the process of primary and secondary screening, 53 papers were considered for inclusion in this study. The qualifying papers were evaluated using the MMAT to guarantee that they were of high quality. No article was … Read more
More than 60% of patients with cervical cancer and 30% of those with endometrial cancer are diagnosed at an advanced stage, when survival rates are lowest. Although intensifying screening may seem logical, unnecessary procedures can be harmful. Routine procedures such as ultrasound, though often considered harmless, can lead to poorly indicated hysteroscopies and unnecessary biopsies, … Read more
Scientists have found that global warming in the Middle East and North Africa is making breast, ovarian, uterine, and cervical cancer more common and more deadly. The rise in rates is small but statistically significant, suggesting a notable increase in cancer risk and fatalities over time. “As temperatures rise, cancer mortality among women also rises … Read more
Scientists in Uruguay have found genotypes of the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) linked to cervical cancer in urban wastewater, saying it could help inform disease prevention efforts. They believe their findings, published in the journal Food and Environmental Virology, position wastewater monitoring as a useful tool for finding information about diseases in low- and middle-income countries, where epidemiological data … Read more
A self-collection (SC) device that could easily be used at home proved safe and accurate for cervical screening in the SELF-CERV prospective nonrandomized clinical trial, as reported in JAMA Network Open. Known as the Teal Wand, the device was recently approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for home use. When compared with … Read more
Rates of certain cancers in the United States — including breast, colorectal, and thyroid cancers — increased between 2010 and 2019 among patients aged less than 50 years, while overall cancer incidence and mortality rates did not increase, a new study found. Among the more than two million cases of early-onset cancer diagnosed during this … Read more
Based on this cross-section study, we found that 37.6% of women aged 20–49 years in China reported experience of cervical cancer screening. The findings from our study suggested that the level of cervical cancer knowledge was relatively low, with less than half of women demonstrating a high knowledge level (score ≥ 5). The proportion of high knowledge … Read more
Bray F, Laversanne M, Sung H, et al. Global cancer statistics 2022: GLOBOCAN estimates of incidence and mortality worldwide for 36 cancers in 185 countries. CA Cancer J Clin. 2024;74(3):229–63. Brisson M, Kim JJ, Canfell K, et al. Impact of HPV vaccination and cervical screening on cervical cancer elimination: a comparative modelling analysis in 78 … Read more