Recent Posts in Cervical Cancer

Jan 17, 2025 - In Cervical Cancer Preventing Cervical Cancer: Why Early Detection and Vaccination Matter More Than Ever

Nearly 14,000 U.S. women are diagnosed with cervical cancer annually, costing an estimated 4,360 women their lives. January is Cervical Health Awareness Month, which puts new emphasis on the need for regular screening and vaccination to reduce these ...

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May 23, 2024 - In Cervical Cancer Safeguard Your Health in Every Decade

A woman’s guide to key screenings and other steps that can improve well-being throughout life. Women’s health concerns often focus on milestones such as pregnancy, childbirth and menopause. But day-to-day and year-to-year health maintenance and preventive ...

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Feb 1, 2024 - In Cervical Cancer What Cancers Can You Be Screened for and When?

Cancer screenings are medical tests done when you are healthy, with no signs of illness. They help find cancer early, when the chances for successfully treating the disease are highest. Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey together with RWJBarnabas ...

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Jan 25, 2024 - In Cervical Cancer Experts Address the Latest on Cervical Cancer Treatment

Although the incidence of cervical cancer has declined with increased screening and higher uptake of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination, cervical cancer remains the second highest cause of cancer mortality among women in low- and middle-income ...

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Sep 7, 2023 - In Cervical Cancer Gynecologic Cancers: Know Your Body, Empower Each Other

Gynecologic cancer is the growth and spread of cancer cells in the cervix, ovaries, uterus, fallopian tubes, vagina, vulva– also known as the reproductive organs. Eugenia Girda, MD, FACOG, a gynecologic oncologist at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey ...

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Aug 8, 2023 - In Cervical Cancer Steeplechase Distance Run Set for Sept. 24

The 15th annual Steeplechase Distance Run will be held Sunday, Sept. 24 at Amsterdam School in Hillsborough and as a virtual event to raise funds for the Steeplechase Cancer Center at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH) Somerset, an RWJBarnabas ...

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Jun 6, 2023 - In Cervical Cancer Understanding Cancer Disparities among the LGBTQ+ Community

Cancer health disparities are differences in cancer burden experienced by racial and ethnic minorities and other medically underserved populations including individuals from sexual and gender minorities. Discrimination based on gender identity and/or ...

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Jun 2, 2023 - In Cervical Cancer What Everyone Should Know About HPV

Vaccination Works Best Before Young People Become Sexually Active. With so much attention focused on vital COVID-19 vaccines, other important inoculations are sometimes overlooked, says Dharti Panara, MD, a family medicine physician at Robert Wood Johnson ...

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Jan 3, 2023 - In Cervical Cancer What's the Connection Between HPV and Cervical Cancer? And More Questions You’re Reluctant to Ask

Cervical cancer is one of the most preventable cancers, yet more than 14,000 women in the U.S. will be diagnosed with the disease this year, according to the American Cancer Society. Cervical cancer is often stigmatized due to its association with human ...

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