Cervical Cancer

Insurance status substantially mediated racial and ethnic inequities among women with advanced-stage cervical cancer, researchers reported in JAMA Network Open.

January marks Cervical Health Awareness Month, which brings attention to common diseases of the cervix — cervical cancer and HPV specifically — and the people affected by and measures that can be taken to prevent them.

Among California patients with cervical cancer, women aged 65 years and older had a greater disease burden compared with younger women, researchers reported.

Cervical Cancer Awareness Month is observed every January.

Despite decreases in cervical cancer screenings between 1999 and 2019 among older women with Medicare fee-for-service coverage, this group may be overspending on screening-related services, according to data in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Treatment of advanced, recurrent and metastatic cervical cancer has come a long way in the past 15 years, and data on novel combinations and therapies provide hope for further progress, a speaker at Chemotherapy Foundation Symposium said.

GENEVA — Remote interventions led to higher screening rates for breast, cervical and colorectal cancers among women who live in rural areas, according to study results presented at World Cancer Congress.

U.S. counties considered more socioeconomically vulnerable had cancer screening rates below federally recommended guidelines, according to study results published in JAMA Network Open.

Rates of early-stage cervical cancer decreased as rates of distant-stage disease increased among certain women in the U.S. between 2001 and 2018, according to study results.

Widespread reductions in cancer screenings during the COVID-19 pandemic may be associated with delayed cancer diagnoses and increased mortality for breast, cervical and colon cancers, according to study results published in JAMA Oncology.