First new treatment authorised in a decade for advanced cervical cancer patients in the UK
The European Commission has licensed Avastin in combination with standard chemotherapy for the treatment of women with advanced cervical cancer. …read more
Brachytherapy improves survival for inoperable early stage endometrial cancer
Women who have early stage endometrial cancer and are inoperable tend to live longer if they have been treated with brachytherapy with or without external beam radiation, according to new research… …read more
Escalating alcohol use among American women ‘has driven up overall binge drinking rates’
The first study to analyze alcohol-use trends in the US at a county level finds disparities in drinking behaviors between men and women and from county to county. …read more
Researchers discover new gene strongly linked to breast cancer
From analyzing populations of Polish and French-Canadian women, researchers find mutations in a gene called RECQL are strongly linked to the development of breast cancer. …read more
Combo Brachytherapy Improves Local Control in Cervical Cancer
A combination of both interstitial and intracavitary brachytherapy for locally advanced cervical cancer improves local control. Medscape Medical News …read more
Antibiotic Commonly Used for UTI Less Effective Than Others
Nitrofurantoin is less effective for treatment of urinary tract infections in older women than other first-line antibiotics. Renal function did not appear to affect treatment failure. Medscape Medical News …read more
Prematurity Estimates Based on Time From Last Menstrual Period May Be Too High
Estimating gestational age using the time between the last menstrual period (LMP) and the date of birth results in higher reported rates of preterm birth than using obstetric estimates based on all prenatal factors, researchers have found. Reuters Health Information …read more
Intervention Triples Folate Prescription in Women on AEDs
A simple intervention markedly improved co-prescription of folate and AEDs in women of childbearing age, potentially reducing risk for poor cognitive outcomes and congenital malformations in offspring. Medscape Medical News …read more
Ovary removal linked with 62% reduction in BRCA1-related breast cancer deaths
The benefits of oophorectomy, the procedure to remove the ovaries, are confirmed in a new study published in JAMA Oncology that examines survival among breast cancer patients. …read more
Combined brachytherapy techniques should be “benchmark” for cervical cancer treatment
The first large international study to investigate the late side-effects of a combination of two forms of brachytherapy to treat cervical cancer has shown that the technique successfully delivers… …read more