The Latest Breaking News from Cervical Cancer

Drugs Controller General of India’s approval of SII’s anti-cervical cancer vaccine follows the recommendation of the institute’s COVID-19 vaccine in June last year

“I had no inclination to go at all, I had no interest in having a smear, it was simply because of the dream that I had it done"

At least a quarter of all women missed their potentially life-saving screening for cervical cancer last year. This Cervical Screening Awareness Week charities and health bosses are urging women to take up the test.

The vaccine that protects people against most cervical cancers elicits an immune response so potent that just a single dose will do, according to the World Health Organization.

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The National Cervical Screening Program now includes a self-collection method that will revolutionise the way women view cervical cancer testing. How does the self-test work and why is it important for women to be screened?

Australia is the first country to use the new test as part of an organised national program to improve screening rates

A cervical cancer do-it-yourself test is now available in Australia allowing more women to privately administer their own swabs in a GP clinic.

AstraZeneca Plc (NASDAQ:AZN) announced high-level results from a planned interim analysis of the AEGEAN Phase 3 trial of Imfinzi (durvalumab) combined with neoadjuvant chemotherapy in patients with resectable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The data showed that Imfinzi plus neoadjuvant chemo before surgery demonstrated a statistically significant and meaningful improvement in pathologic complete…

Elizabeth Ham, 34, is now urging other women to attend all their smear tests even if they are confident nothing is wrong, after she managed to detect the signs early on

Cervical cancer incidence is related to age, with the highest incidence rates being in the 30 to 34 age group. Early signs can include unusual bleeding but when the disease has spread it is known to affect the legs