India faces a silent cervical cancer crisis: Every 8 minutes, a woman dies, but HPV vaccine and early screening could prevent itThe National Academy of Medical Sciences (NAMS) has recommended categorising cancer as a notifiable disease to improve prevention and treat...
22 Apr, 2025, 02.20 PM IST
Govt plans capacity building activities for frontline workers of HPV vaccinationThe Union Health Ministry plans to initiate capacity-building activities for frontline workers administering the HPV vaccine to girls aged ...
06 Apr, 2025, 01.39 PM IST
Catchable cancer rising in US? Here's all you need to knowUS oncologists are increasingly concerned about a rise in cancers linked to infections, particularly those associated with sexually transmi...
19 Sep, 2024, 05.52 PM IST
Digital agency that masterminded Poonam Pandey’s controversial cervical cancer awareness campaign, issues apologyThe company also revealed that Pandey had a personal stake in the campaign, as her mother had also battled a devastating cancer diagnosis.
04 Feb, 2024, 11.09 PM IST
About 52 per cent cases of cervical cancer diagnosed from 2012-15 survived: Lancet StudyA study analyzing data from Population Based Cancer Registries (PBCRs) in India found that approximately 52% of cervical cancer cases diagn...
14 Oct, 2023, 05.15 PM IST
Diabetes hampers response to cervical cancer treatment, new study revealsA study by the Delhi State Cancer Institute (DSCI) found that cervical cancer patients with diabetes, especially when combined with hyperte...
18 Sep, 2023, 01.37 PM IST
World Cancer Day: Get to know the 5 most common cancers in IndiaOn this World Cancer Day, get to know the most common cancers identified in India.
02 Feb, 2023, 08.31 PM IST
India records 1 in 5 cervical cancer cases: Learn more about causes, symptoms and treatments availableCervical cancer is caused by the human papillomavirus.
02 Feb, 2023, 01.07 PM IST
India's first at-home cervical cancer screening test coming soonCervical cancer is the second most frequent disease among women in India, after breast cancer, despite the fact that it is mostly avoidable...
20 Jan, 2023, 05.18 PM IST
India has the most cervical cancer patients in Asia: LancetThe Lancet revealed that Africa followed Asia (20%), Europe (10%) and Latin America (10%) and more than half of deaths were estimated in As...
15 Dec, 2022, 06.01 AM IST
'Made in India' Cervical Cancer vaccine ready: Know the root causes and risks of the diseaseVaccine against cervical cancer has launched, and we bring associated risks and causes. Cervical cancer develops in the cells of the cervix...
05 Sep, 2022, 01.42 PM IST
HPV vaccine helps fight cervical cancer in older women, says studyA study suggests that giving injections to women who are going for treatment of precancerous lesions may reduce the risk of it happening ag...
04 Aug, 2022, 08.12 PM IST
Drug regulator approves country's first indigenously developed HPV by Serum Institute"For the first time there will be an Indian HPV vaccine to treat cervical cancer in women that is both affordable and accessible," Adar Poo...
12 Jul, 2022, 09.45 PM IST
WHO aims to reduce cervical cancer cases by 40% & save 5 mn lives by 2050The agency said that the disease strikes at least 570,000 each year and kills 311,000.
17 Nov, 2020, 02.39 PM IST
- HPV vaccine could reduce Pap tests in a lifetime
London, Nov 12 (IANS) Women vaccinated against the human papillomavirus (HPV) can be effectively protected from cervical cancer with merely...
12 Nov, 2017, 12.02 PM IST
HPV testing could cut cervical cancers by a thirdTesting women for the HPV could cut cervical cancer cases by a third in UK, a new study has claimed.
14 Jun, 2013, 02.03 PM IST
- India tops cervical cancer deaths: US study
With nearly 73,000 women dying every year, India now tops the world in cervical cancer deaths according to a new report.
10 May, 2013, 06.14 PM IST