Obesity has been previously linked to an increased risk of cancer, but most studies have not differentiated the risks between male and female patients. A prospective study of more than 400,000 UK Biobank participants, carried out by researchers at Uppsala University, has now found that both overall fat accumulation and…

Offering an at-home human papillomavirus (HPV) self-collection test plus appointment-scheduling assistance could double the uptake of cervical cancer screening among under-screened women from low-income backgrounds compared with scheduling assistance alone, suggest results of the US-based My Body, My Test-3 trial. Self-testing for oncogenic HPV subtypes is already used in national…

Decades ago, the oncology community took on the crucial challenge of detecting cancer at the earliest possible stage. Overall, survival rates improve dramatically for cancers detected before metastasis. For example, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) notes that the five-year survival rate for breast cancer patients more…

As he devises a tiny plasmonic nanopore system to capture even rare antigens and their ligands from tumors, George Alexandrakis is toiling at the vanguard of cancer research. The University of Texas at Arlington bioengineering professor is developing a way of using even very small samples of tissue or blood…

Patients with oropharyngeal cancer caused by the human papilloma virus (HPV) should be double tested to improve their outcomes, according to new research. One test detects the actual virus, the other looks for the P16 protein that has been established as a commonly used biomarker for HPV, and which is…

Researchers from the International Institute for Nanotechnology (IIN) at Northwestern University have combined chemistry and nanotechnology to change the structural location of adjuvants and antigens on and within a nanoscale cancer vaccine to boost potency and performance. Their method was published recently in Nature Biomedical Engineering. “Cancer vaccines must activate multiple…

Researchers from Israel have shown that applying acupuncture during surgery for gynecologic cancers significantly reduces high-intensity postoperative pain, while preoperative acupressure can decrease anxiety. Patients undergoing surgery for gynecologic cancers often experience anxiety both before and after surgery, which has in turn been associated with an increased risk for pain…

Scientists at the University of Tokyo, Japan have designed an artificial hairpin-like DNA molecule which is able to target and kill cancer cells by binding to microRNA (miRNA) molecules that are overproduced in certain cancers. Artificial nucleic acids such as DNA, and RNA have recently been receiving a lot of…

Doctors discuss sexual side effects of prostate cancer treatment much more often than they talk about such effects with women undergoing cervical cancer treatment, according to a new study. Both conditions are treated with brachytherapy, in which a sealed radiation source is implanted with potential impact on surrounding tissues in…

New research from UTHealth Houston shows that populations in U.S. counties that are considered more vulnerable due to socioeconomic and racial/ethnicity status were significantly less likely to receive regular and timely breast cancer, cervical cancer, and colorectal cancer screenings. The research was led by Cici Bauer, PhD, associate professor of…

Research led by Tel Aviv University and the University of Lisbon has identified a small molecule inhibitor which may be a more accessible and effective alternative to anti-PD-1/PD-L1 immunotherapy antibodies already being used to treat a range of cancers. Inhibiting programmed cell death protein 1 (PD1) and the PD-ligand 1…

A new study led by investigators at UC San Francisco—who released their initial findings at Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) in February—shows that routine screening for and removal of precancerous anal lesions can significantly reduce the risk of anal cancer. The study was published today in the New…

A new global coalition of comprising healthcare providers, pharmaceutical companies, diagnostics developers, and researcher organization have provided a blueprint for a new method of how cancer patients are diagnosed and treated around the world. Named the Bloomberg New Economy International Cancer Coalition, the new body demonstrates in a commentary published…

Researchers from The University of Texas Health Science Center are calling for targeted public health interventions to reduce growing disparities in the rates of human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated cancers among people living in disadvantaged areas. Their findings, published in JNCI Cancer Spectrum, showed that the incidence of anal and vulval cancers…

A collaboration of sorts between viruses and bacteria may lead to cervical cancer, report scientists based at the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology and the University of Würzburg. To arrive at this finding, the scientists used patient-derived ectocervical organoids to model individual and coinfection dynamics of a human papillomavirus…