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News is collected from the following on-line sources: The New York Times,
American Cancer Society, MSNBC, CNN, Centerwatch, CancerNetwork, The
Washington Post, pharmalicensing.com, Medscape, NIH, and NCI.
News
12/26/05 - Contraceptive Use, Pregnancy, and Parity Unrelated to Risk of Cervical
Neoplasia
12/26/05 - Ovaries Safely Retained After Treatment of Low-Grade Endometrial Stromal Sarcoma
12/19/05 - Two HPV Vaccines Show Feasibility of Vaccinating Young Girls
12/19/05 - Antibody Titers Higher in Younger Girls Given GSK Human Papillomavirus
Vaccine Candidate: Presented at ICAAC
12/19/05 - HPV Vaccine Protects Women from External Genital Lesions: Presented at
ICAAC
12/16/05 - Survival From Rare Cancers Low in Some European Countries
12/13/05 - Fluorouracil Inferior to Cisplatin in Cervical Cancer
12/13/05 - Risk Reduction: A Spot of Tea May Lower Ovarian Cancer Risk
12/6/05 - Chemotherapy after Surgery Extends Survival for Patients with Advanced
Endometrial Cancer
12/5/05 - Merck Submits Biologics License Application to FDA for Gardasil(r),
the Company's Investigational Vaccine for Cervical Cancer
11/23/05 - Racial Gap in Endometrial Cancer Narrows After Correction for Hysterectomy
11/22/05 - Sorafenib Shows Benefits in Combination with Gemcitabine in Recurrent
Epithelial Ovarian Cancer: Presented at AACR-NCI-EORTC
11/22/05 - Women at Risk of Cervical Cancer Despite Removing Pre-cancerous Cells
11/21/05 - Cervical Cancer Vaccine Wins Some Conservative Favor
11/21/05 - Temsirolimus Equivalent to Currently Used Chemotherapy in Metastatic or
Locally Recurrent Endometrial Cancer: Presented at AACR-NCI-EORTC
11/18/05 - HPV 16 and 33 May up Risk of Higher Grade Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia
11/18/05 - Glucose-Sensitive PET Points to Ovarian Cancer Response
11/16/05 - Risk of Invasive Cervical Cancer Remains Elevated After Treatment of CIN
11/16/05 - Physical Activity May Protect Against Ovarian Cancer
11/16/05 - Gene Profiling Suggests New Classification for Ovarian Tumors
11/15/05 - Researchers Discover Molecular Differences between Low-Grade and High-Grade
Ovarian Cancers
11/7/05 - Ovarian Cancer Screening Methods Inaccurate
11/2/05 - Two Non–Cytology-Based Screen-and-Treat Approaches to Cervical Cancer May Be Effective
11/1/05 - Elevated CRP Associated With Increased Endometrial Cancer Risk
10/31/05 - EGFR Blocker and Photodynamics Combat Ovarian Cancer
10/31/05 - Cervical Cancer Vaccine Gets Injected With a Social Issue
10/24/05 - Researchers Report that Phenoxodiol is Producing Significant Anti-Cancer
Responses in Women with Gynecological Cancers
10/14/05 - Preoperative CA-125 Level Predicts Outcome in Stage I Ovarian Cancer
10/13/05 - C. Trachomatis Tied to Persistent HPV in Young Women
10/13/05 - Radical Surgery Best Option for Most Ovarian Cancer Patients With Cancer in Diaphragm
10/12/05 - MMP2 Correlates With Poor Prognosis in Ovarian Cancer
10/7/05 - Ciphergen and UCL collaborate on ovarian cancer biomarkers
10/7/05 - Ovarian Malignancy Commonly Coexists With Endometrial Cancer in Young Women
10/6/05 - Access to New Cancer Drugs Unequal Across Europe
10/6/05 - Test Shows Vaccine Prevents Cervical Cancer
10/3/05 - Platinum-Based Chemotherapy Improves Survival in Early-Stage Uterine Carcinoma
9/29/05 - NCI Launches Ovarian Cancer Clinical Trial
9/28/05 - Family History Common in Women With Breast or Ovarian Carcinoma
9/23/05 - UK Watchdog Pledges Faster Review of Cancer Drugs
9/23/05 - Non-BRCA Hereditary Breast Cancer Not Linked to Ovarian Cancer
9/23/05 - Electronic Database of Cancer Records Being Developed in UK
9/23/05 - Study of Promising Cancer Drug Stopped
9/21/05 - Familial Ovarian Cancer Screening Approach May Be Flawed
9/20/05 - Repressor Splicing Factor Gene Stimulates Ovarian Cancer
9/19/05 - Pap Test (ThinPrep) for Detection of Glandular Lesions
9/13/05 - Estradiol/Norethindrone (Activella) Linked to Increased Risk of CV Events
and More
9/13/05 - Scotland Backs Astra Cancer Drug Before Rest of UK
9/13/05 - Pfizer Breast-Cancer Drug Wins EU Green Light
9/12/05 - Health Canada Approves Groundbreaking Cancer Treatment Avastin (Bevacizumab, rhuMAb-VEGF) for Colorectal Cancer Unique cancer treatment inhibits blood flow to tumours and improves chemotherapy delivery
9/9/05 - U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Issues Guidelines for BRCA Mutation Testing
9/9/05 - A novel diagnosis & treatment tool for ovarian and endometrial cancer using the L1 marker
9/5/05 - Host Factor Role Confirmed in Etiology of Squamous Cell Cervical Cancer
8/31/05 - Health Canada Approves New Targeted Radioimmunotherapy
8/31/05 - Intensive Chemotherapy Offers Pluses, Minuses in Advanced Endometrial Cancer
8/30/05 - Imexon (Amplimexon) for the Treatment of Ovarian Cancer
8/30/05 - Triple Modality Approach Effective Against Cervical Cancer
8/29/05 - Combretastatin A4 Prodrug (CA4P) news re: ovarian cancer
8/25/05 - Homeopathy's Benefits Are Placebo Effects -- Meta-Analysis
8/23/05 - Potential Ovarian Cancer Oncogene Offers Possibility of Predictive Test
8/22/05 - Women spot ovarian cancer signs early
8/18/05 - Family History May Not Reveal Endometrial Cancer Risk
8/16/05 - Optical Coherence Tomography Seen Feasible for Cervical Screening
8/16/05 - Mayo Clinic to Treat Uterine Fibroid Tumors With Outpatient Treatment
8/16/05 - Optical Coherence Tomography Seen Feasible for Cervical Screening
8/16/05 - HPV-Type Distribution Varies by Geographic Region
8/5/05 - Milk and Lactose Intake May Increase Ovarian Cancer Risk
8/3/05 - Cervical Neoplasia Often Recurs in Women With HIV Infection
8/1/05 - Study: Women Should Keep Their Ovaries
7/20/05 - High-Risk HPVs Confirmed as Clinical Markers for Cervical Precancer and Cancer
7/19/05 - Report Finds High Rates of Cervical Cancer Indicate Broader Problems in Access to Care
7/14/05 - High IL-6 Levels Tied to Low Hemoglobin in Ovarian Cancer
7/8/05 - High-Grade Cervical Lesions Progress in Adolescents at Similar Rate as in
Adults
7/7/05 - PET Superior to CT Scan for Evaluating Vaginal Carcinoma
7/5/05 - Doctors Able to Predict Potential Ovarian Failure After Radiation
6/27/05 - Birth From Frozen Ovarian Tissue Reported
6/24/05 - Vaginal Cancer Detected More Often With PET Than CT Scans
6/23/05 - Echovirus Type 1 Effective in Ovarian Cancer Model
6/23/05 - Conservative Surgery Preserves Fertility In Women With Borderline Ovarian
Tumours
6/21/05 - Munich Researchers Discover Possible New Application of PET Imaging for
Ovarian Cancer
6/20/05 - HPV Test Affordable Adjunct to Cervical Cancer Screening
6/15/05 - Psychosocial Support Linked to Lower IL-6 Levels With Ovarian Cancer
6/15/05 - Selective Lymphadenectomy May Improve Endometrial Cancer Outcome
6/8/05 - Woman Has Child After Receiving Twin's Ovarian Tissue
6/1/05 - Broken Bones, Osteoporosis Protect Against Ovarian Cancer
5/31/05 - Dalteparin, 5,000 U Daily, May Be Inadequate Prophylaxis After Gynecologic Cancer Surgery
5/26/05 - MRI Technique Helps Track Ovarian Cancer Therapy
5/23/05 - Cell Therapeutics Issues Positive Preliminary Results of a Phase II Trial of Xyotax
5/17/05 - Marshall Edwards Reports Preliminary Results of a Phase IIa Trial of Phenoxodiol
5/16/05 - Moderate Exercise May Lower Risk for Ovarian Cancer
5/9/05 - Progress in Blood Test to Detect Ovarian Cancer
5/6/05 - Removing Lymph Nodes Doesn't Increase Survival in Advanced Ovarian Cancer
5/2/05 - Investigational Vaccine Against Human Papillomavirus Appears to Reduce
Infection and Related Diseases
5/2/05 - Estrogens, Tibolone May Increase Endometrial Cancer Risk
4/29/05 - Mutant Endostatin: Promising Antiangiogenic Therapeutic Agent for Ovarian Cancer
4/27/05 - Variations in Killer Immunoglobulin-Like Receptor Gene Influence Cervical Cancer Risk
4/25/05 - Clomiphene Use May Boost Uterine Cancer Risk
4/19/05 - Breast and Uterine Cancer Reduced in Women With AIDS
4/19/05 - Genistein May Help Overcome Cisplatin-Resistance in Ovarian Cancer
4/14/05 - FDA Grants Orphan Drug Status for Panzem (2ME2), Treatment for Ovarian Cancer
4/13/05 - SGO: Most moms would agree to HPV vaccine for kids
4/12/05 - African-American Women Less Likely to Undergo Genetic Testing for Breast or Ovarian Cancer Than White Women
4/7/05 - Race Influences How We Cope With Cancer
4/7/05 - Human Papillomavirus Quadrivalent Vaccine May Be Effective
4/4/05 - Novel Serum Biomarkers for the Detection of Ovarian Cancer Posted March 29, 2005 Dr. Samuel Mok Ph.D., Brigham and Women's Hospital
3/30/05 - Studies Find African-American Women with Endometrial Cancer Have More Aggressive Form than Caucasian Women
3/30/05 - Doxorubicin Liposome Injection (Doxil) May Cause Myocardial Damage,
Myelosuppression, Infusion Reactions, Hand-Foot Syndrome
3/28/05 - SGO: PET/CT Provides Unique Information That Influences Management of Some Patients With Cervical Cancer
3/28/05 - SGO: PET/CT Predicts Recurrent Ovarian Cancer in Retroperitoneal Lymph Nodes When CT Is Inconclusive
3/28/05 - SGO: Longer History of Tamoxifen Use Associated With Increased Risk of Uterine Cancer
3/28/05 - SGO: "Ultrastaging" May Be Predictive, But Is Definitely Expensive, in Early Stage Cervical Cancer
3/28/05 - BRCA1 Causes Ovarian Cancer Through Indirect, Biochemical Route Findings by USC researchers provide new potential options for prevention, therapy
3/25/05 - Delayed Intercourse After Menarche Linked to Higher Risk of HPV Infection
3/25/05 - HPV Testing May Obviate Repeat Cytology for ASCUS
3/24/05 -
SGO: Below Normal But Rising CA-125 Predicts Disease Recurrence in
Epithelial Ovarian Cancer
3/24/05 -
SGO: Adiponectin Level Found to be Independent Risk Factor for Endometrial
Cancer
3/23/05 -
SGO: Murine Monoclonal Antibody Shows Biological Activity in Epithelial
Ovarian Cancer
3/23/05 - SGO: Pregnancies Can Be Safe After Radical Trachelectomy in Early-Stage
Cervical Cancer
3/23/05 - SGO: Salvage Chemotherapy Found Not Cost-Effective in Advanced Epithelial
Ovarian Cancer
3/22/05 - Women With HIV May Not Need Yearly Pap Smear
3/22/05 - SGO: Fertility Preserving Surgery May Be Comparable to Standard Surgery in
Young Women With Early Stage Epithelial Ovarian Cancer
3/22/05 - 3-Year Cervical Cancer Screening May Apply to HIV-Infected Women
3/22/05 - Survey: Women Will Support Introduction of Human Papillomavirus Vaccine
3/22/05 - SGO: Imatinib Mesylate (Gleevec) Shows Activity, But Fails to Induce Response in Recurrent Ovarian Cancer
3/21/05 - SGO: Weekly Docetaxel and Carboplatin Effective and Well Tolerated in Recurrent Ovarian and Peritoneal Cancer
3/21/05 - SGO: Weekly Paclitaxel and Carboplatin Shows Effect, Favourable Toxicity
for Salvage Treatment in Cervical and Endometrial Cancer
3/21/05 - SGO: Thalidomide Found Similar to Intravenous Chemotherapy in Heavily
Pretreated Patients With Advanced Ovarian Cancer
3/21/05 - SGO: Study Offers Guidelines for Secondary Cytoreductive Surgery in
Epithelial Ovarian Carcinoma
3/21/05 - NCI Studies Examine Racial Disparity in Survival Among Patients With Endometrial Cancer
3/21/05 - Adoptive HPV Immunotherapy Promising in Cervical Cancer
3/21/05 - HspE7 Treatment Showed Higher Than Expected Complete Response Rate Among
Women with High Grade Cervical Dysplasia
3/14/05 - Conservative Treatment Preserves Fertility in Women With Endometrial Cancer
3/11/05 - British Cancer Plan Making Progress -- Auditor
3/9/05 - Adnexal Mass in Breast Cancer Patients Often Benign (CA-125 related)
3/1/05 - High-Risk HPV Infection and Cervical Dysplasia
2/10/05 - Increased Clusterin in Ovarian Cancer Linked to Tumor Aggression
2/7/05 - Doxorubicin HCl Liposome Injection (Doxil) Approved for Ovarian Cancer Relapse
1/28/05 - Few Older Cervical Carcinoma Patients Get Aggressive Treatment
1/26/05 - "Kissing Ovaries" a Sign of Severe Endometriosis
1/24/05 - Wider HPV Testing May Not Spot More Cervical Cancers
1/13/05 - Improvements in Cervical Cancer Testing Needed
1/12/05 - Progesterone Receptor Gene Mutants Associated With Ovarian Cancer
1/7/05 - Secondhand Smoke Raises Cervical Cancer Risk
1/5/05 - DNA Image Cytometry Improves Accuracy of Pap Testing
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