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Get Tested for Cervical Cancer
If you have a daughter, get tips for talking about the HPV vaccine. Learn about other important tests for women, such as getting tested for breast cancer. Listen to this Podcast about getting a Pap test. Talk to your partner about HPV.More…
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Find a Gynecologic Oncologist
Women's Cancer Network — If you suspect or have been diagnosed with a gynecologic cancer, you should seek care first from a gynecologic oncologist. Gynecologic oncologists are specially trained to care for women with gynecologic cancers such as cervical cancer, ...More…
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Cervical Cancer Facts
What is cervical cancer? What causes cervical cancer? Get information on the causes and symptoms of cervical cancer from the National Cervical Cancer public education campaign. Sponsored by The Gynecologic Cancer Foundation. In its early stages, ...More…
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Significant findings include:
Centers for Disease Control — CDC Releases First Estimate of Human Papillomavirus-Associated Cancer Data Twenty-five thousand cases of human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated cancers occurred in 38 states and the District of Columbia annually during 1998-2003, according to ...More…
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Making Progress against Cervical Cancer
Centers for Disease Control — Virtually all cervical cancers are caused by human papillomavirus (HPV), a common virus that can be passed from one person to another during sex. There are many types of HPV. Some HPV types can cause changes on a woman's cervix that can lead to ...More…
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Pap Tests for Older Women
National Cancer Institute — As an older woman, this page can provide you with answers to commonly asked questions from older women about Pap tests, HPV, and the Medicare benefit for Pap test screening. If it has been a number of years since your last Pap test, or if you ...More…
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Results of Pap Smears and Human Papillomavirus Tests ...
Annals of Internal Medicine — The summary below is from the full report titled "Human Papillomavirus Infection and Cervical Cytology in Women Screened for Cervical Cancer in the United States, 2003-2005." It is in the 1 April issue of Annals of Internal Medicine (volume 148, ...More…
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Incomplete Excision a Risk for Those With Precancerous ...
National Cancer Institute — Cervical cancer, cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN), cervical dysplasia. (Definitions of many terms related to cancer can be found in the Cancer.gov Dictionary.) Surgery to remove abnormal cells on the cervix can prevent a precancerous ...More…
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HPV Vaccine Not Effective for Treating Pre-Existing ...
National Cancer Institute — A vaccine developed to prevent infection with human papillomaviruses (HPV), the cause of cervical cancer, was found to be ineffective for treating women with pre-existing HPV infections, according to a study published in the August 15, 2007, ...More…
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Cancer Advances In Focus: Cervical Cancer
National Cancer Institute — As recently as the 1940s, invasive cervical cancer was a major cause of death among women of childbearing years in the United States. However, with the introduction of the Papanicolaou (Pap) smear in the 1950s - a simple test that uses exfoliated ...More…
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"Vaginal Smears"
Clinical Trials — Behavioral: Full active intervention; Behavioral: Active control Assessing the Psychosocial Burden in Women With an Abnormal Pap Results After Screening Interventions Study of Pap Smears From Patients Enrolled on Clinical Trial GOG-171 Other: ...More…
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"Uterine Cervical Neoplasms"
Clinical Trials — Megavoltage CT (MVCT) Imaging for Intracavitary Radiation Treatment in Cervix Cancer Biobank Cervix Carcinoma: Storing Blood and Protein of Patients With Cervix Cancer Image-Guided Adaptive Radiotherapy for Cervix Cancer: Patient Image ...More…