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Implementing a Cancer Risk Assessment Screening Tool: Identifying Patients at Risk for Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Syndrome

Breast Cancer
The development and implementation of an HBOC risk assessment protocol can decrease morbidity and mortality.

Colorectal Cancer Screenings Starting Younger Than Before

Cancer Screening
Recommendations for CRC screening differ slightly among authoritative agencies and can be confusing to decipher.

Screening women under 50 for colorectal cancer cuts risk in half

Cancer Screening
A new study has found that screening women for colorectal cancer (CRC) starting at age 45 reduced their risk 50 to 60 percent.

Recognizing the Symptoms of Ovarian Cancer Could Reduce Misdiagnosis

Gynecologic cancer
Without screening tests, many physicians wrongly assume that early diagnosis for ovarian cancer isn’t possible.

Can Routine Mammograms Hold Clues to Cardiovascular Disease?

Breast Cancer
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains the #1 cause of death among US women according to the American Heart Association (AHA)’s Heart and Stroke Statistical Update...

Ovarian Cancer

Cancer Screening
Despite decades of research, ovarian cancer remains one of the most lethal of gynecological cancers. Learn more in this article from Aspira.

Most Older Women Not Adequately Screened for Cervical Cancer, Study Finds

Cervical Cancer
Most women over 55 are not getting adequately screened for cervical cancer, researchers who analyzed a half million insurance claims determined.

NIH Seeks Input on Troubling Women’s Health Trends

Cancer Screening
Nurse practitioners in women's health can now submit comments for the Women's Health Consensus Conference (WHCC) to be held in October to address rising...

Position Statement: Cervical Cancer Screening

Cancer Screening
Identifying populations within one’s own community that are facing barriers to cervical cancer screening and follow-up is essential as a first step.

Project C.U.R.E’s cervical cancer screening and treatment program

Cancer Screening
Women’s health nurse practitioners, nurse midwives, and other specialists may partner with Project C.U.R.E on short-term medical mission trips to fight against disparities.

New HPV Infections Fall More Than 80 Percent

Adolescent Health
Even women not vaccinated against HPV appear to be benefitting as signs of herd immunity emerge.

Cervical cancer prevention: Review of the past, present, and future

Cervical Cancer
No longer should anyone living in the United States die from cervical cancer because this cancer is preventable.
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