While U.S. cervical cancer rates have fallen by 70% since the 1950s thanks to the Pap test and national screening programs, the disease remains a leading killer of women in low- and middle-income countries for lack of access to screening and trained providers.
Kathleen Schmeler, M.D., professor of Gynecologic Oncology and Reproductive Medicine, is working change this. Her work to prevent and treat cervical cancer has taken...
MD Anderson Cancer Center researchers, together with collaborators from Mozambique, Brazil and the U.S., have been awarded a $5.1 million...
In Texas, the number is even lower. Only 33% of Texas teens were up to date. That’s a lot of room for improvement.
Having spent the...
World Cancer Day is Saturday, Feb. 4. It’s the one singular initiative under which the entire world unites to fight cancer through prevention, improved patient care, outreach, education and more.
Organized by the Union for International Cancer Control, World Cancer Day strives to prevent millions of deaths each year by promoting cancer awareness, and by energizing governments and individuals across the world to take action against...
Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer among women worldwide and was responsible for approximately 266,000 deaths in 2012, according...
A program designed to reduce cervical- and breast-cancer deaths among women in developing countries is celebrating its fifth anniversary this...
“Is it possible to make cancer history?”
That’s a question Ethiopian President Mulatu Teshome asked during a recent visit to MD Anderson...
Since the 1940s, Pap tests have been successfully detecting cervical cancer in its early stages, before it has a chance to spread. When caught...