Researchers have created a menstrual pad that can passively help detect HPV, potentially offering a screening method other than pap smears.
Category: Cervical Cancer
Comic book aimed at cutting cervical cancer rates hits the stands
In a drive to reduce high cervical-cancer rates in Nigeria, a nonprofit organization co-founded by Stanford oncology researcher Ami Bhatt, MD, PhD, has enlisted the imaginative assistance of an educational comic book.
Aiming to wipe out cervical cancer with HPV vaccine, screening
The American Cancer Society joins forces with National Cancer Institute-designated cancer centers to promote the HPV vaccine and eliminate cervical cancer.
What everyone should know about HPV
During a recent talk, Lisa Goldthwaite, a clinical assistant professor at Stanford, told the truths of HPV, sharing practical insights and lessons that are important to everyone's health.
Listen to the human stories, the Henrietta Lacks family tells scientists
Author Rebecca Skloot and Henrietta Lacks family members discuss the importance of telling the human stories behind medical science
A look at cervical cancer prevention and screening
Douglas Lowy, deputy director of the National Cancer Institute, recently spoke at Stanford Medicine.