Cervical Cancer
Dec 15, 2021
Long-term use of tamoxifen is associated with an increased risk for the development of uterine cancer. New research shows that tamoxifen directly activates a signaling pathway (PIK3) that is a well-kn...
Dec 14, 2021
The phase 3 RxPONDER trial evaluated the benefit of adjuvant chemotherapy followed by endocrine therapy in women with HR-positive, HER2-negative, early-stage breast cancer and 1–3 positive nodes. Up...
Sep 13, 2021
Upon completion of the educational activity, participants should be able to: Discuss a study that examined the prevalence of healthcare super-utilization among gynecologic oncology patients....
Jul 23, 2021
“Racial inequity in healthcare delivery and outcomes in the United States is well-documented, and outcomes for breast and gynecologic cancers are no exception,†explains Katherine V. Grette, MD. â...
Jun 18, 2021
Unplanned acute care continues to be a major contributor to growing healthcare costs in the United States, especially among patients with cancer. Quality measures have been developed to reduce healthc...
May 03, 2021
This course discusses a meta-analysis of the most reported and discussed risk factors for venous thromboembolism in patients with ovarian cancer that was conducted to summarize and quantify the result...
Feb 22, 2021
With long-term survivorship increasingly achievable among patients with cancer, many in this population face the outcomes of treatment-related late effects, explain Richard Anderson, MD, PhD, Matteo L...
Dec 15, 2020
Published research has shown that women with ovarian cancer have among the highest rates of venous thromboembolisms (VTEs) of all patients with cancer. “An estimated 5% to 25% of patients with ovari...
Dec 14, 2020
Although cannabis remains illegal in many parts of the United States, 33 states have approved medical cannabis programs as of March 2020. “With the likely expansion of medical cannabis across the US...
Oct 13, 2020
Previous research has shown that women with early-stage cervical cancer who undergo radical hysterectomy are usually cured, with some reports demonstrating 5-year disease-free survival rates that exce...
Aug 18, 2020
Minimally invasive techniques for cancer surgery are becoming increasingly common, but recent evidence questions the safety of minimally invasive radical hysterectomy for cervical cancer. The objectiv...
Aug 15, 2020
Leiomyosarcoma (LMS) is a rare gynecologic malignancy, but it contributes to a significant proportion of uterine cancer deaths. Most LMS cases are uterine-confined, early-stage disease, and while surg...
Jul 01, 2020
This course discusses a study that assessed the risk factors for oral HPV, as well as the association of HPV vaccination with HPV prevalence in the oral cavity, in sexually active female adolescents r...
Jun 26, 2020
Prior research indicates that women who are treated for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) remain at increased risk of developing cervical cancer when compared with women with normal cytology re...
Jun 16, 2020
Evidence shows brachytherapy to be an essential component of definitive treatment for locally advanced cervical cancer (LACC) in combination with external beam radiation and cisplatin-based chemothera...
May 20, 2020
Three days packed with presentations The American Society of Clinical Oncology is the leading oncology research meeting worldwide, but just like other medical conferences, ASCO 2020 was forced to mak...
Mar 29, 2020
MONDAY, March 23, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Management of cancer care during the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is addressed in a special feature article published online March 20 in the Journal ...
Mar 20, 2020
This course discusses the findings of questions on human papillomavirus knowledge from a cross-sectional analysis of the Health Information National Trend Survey....
Jan 30, 2020
Although cervical cancer rates in the United States have dropped significantly due to improved detection of pre-cancerous lesions and the advent of the human papillomavirus vaccine, it is still the fo...
