Search Tag: cervical cancer
2024 13 Feb
Cervical cancer ranks as the fourth most common cancer among women worldwide, with significant morbidity and mortality rates. A key determinant of prognosis and treatment decisions in cervical cancer is the presence of lymph node involvement. The revised staging system by the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) in 2018...Read more
2022 05 Dec
A new study, authored by experts from the University of Illinois Chicago, the University of California San Francisco and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, found that women over the age of 65 may be undergoing unnecessary cervical cancer screenings. The study looked at Medicare claims data between 1999 to 2019 for fee-for-service...Read more
2017 16 Sep
Hologic, Inc. is deeply concerned that the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) did not include a grade for co-testing (also known as Pap+HPV Together) in draft cervical cancer screening recommendations released this week. These draft recommendations do not consider the wealth of data supporting the value of co-testing, and will put...Read more
2017 29 Apr
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has already exceeded human abilities in several areas. It is expected that soon AI will be used to read biomedical images more accurately than medical personnel alone. This could potentially result in better early cervical cancer detection at much lower cost. See Also : AI Systems 'Augment' Human Diagnosticians...Read more
2016 03 May
Co-testing with Pap+HPV Together™ results in significantly fewer false-negative results than either test used alone 1 A new cervical cancer screening study demonstrates that Pap+HPV Together™ (co-testing) remains the most effective strategy for detecting high-grade cervical lesions 1,2, Hologic, Inc. has announced. The study, published...Read more
2016 02 May
New Data Suggests Nearly Half of Women Neglect to Take Action Against Osteoporosis While nearly three-quarters of Americans (71%) are aware of the effects that osteoporosis can have on their health, only about half report taking any steps to prevent it, 1 according to the results of a new survey has announced by Hologic. To mark the start...Read more
2015 07 Dec
A high-profile conference for Boston-area women will host Marlborough-based Hologic and its 40-foot 3D MAMMOGRAPHY™ bus, a hands-on display of the latest innovation in breast cancer screening. Hologic’s 3D MAMMOGRAPHY™ bus is a walk-through tour and information center for women to learn about a new kind of mammogram, which clinical studies have...Read more
2015 12 Nov
Co-testing could prevent more cases of invasive cervical cancer and cost the health care system less money over time, study shows Researchers presented a new clinical-economic modeling analysis this week showing that screening for cervical cancer with Pap+HPV Together™ (co-testing) using the Aptima® HPV assay (an mRNA-based HPV test) and the...Read more
2015 16 Jul
Hologic, Inc. (NASDAQ: HOLX) has commented on an important cervical cancer screening studyipublished on-line this week in Cancer Cytopathology , a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society. The study, by researchers at Quest Diagnostics and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, supports current consensus guidelinesii for cervical...Read more