Women living in 3,712 redlined U.S. census-tracts, especially in the New York and Los Angeles metropolitan areas, were 79 percent less likely than women living in A (“Best”) areas to meet cervical cancer screening targets. Poverty, lack of education and limited English proficiency were among the most significant barriers. See “Historic redlining practices cast a …
Mailing human papillomavirus (HPV) self-collection tests and offering assistance to book screening appointments to under-screened, low-income women improved cervical cancer screening nearly two-fold compared to scheduling assistance alone. “Many hadn’t engaged in the screening system for a while and getting the kit to their homes helped break down a fundamental barrier,” said researcher Jennifer Smith, …
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Americans have become less aware that the human papillomavirus (HPV) causes cervical cancer in recent years, according to survey data from 2014 to 2020 presented at a 2023 scientific meeting. Researchers found that 70.2% of respondents knew that HPV can cause cervical cancer in 2020, down from 77.6% in 2014. The decline in awareness about …
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Health insurance coverage may help mitigate racial inequities in advanced-stage cervical cancer diagnoses, according to a study of more than 23,000 women diagnosed with the cancer between 2007 and 2016. Women with private insurance or Medicare were more likely to be diagnosed with early-stage cervical cancer than those with Medicaid or without insurance (57.8 percent versus …
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Cervical adenocarcinoma is less likely to be diagnosed in Black women, but its mortality rate is higher compared with White women. In the United States, incidence of cervical cancer has been declining in recent years overall, but incidence of cervical adenocarcinoma has been increasing. Researchers at the National Cancer Institute and other institutions analyzed 75,422 …
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Three of four women say they have received a cervical cancer screening at some point in their lives, according to an online national survey of 3,204 women conducted in November and December, 2022. However, White women are more likely to have received a cervical cancer screening (81%) than Black women (65%), Asian women (66%), and …
Cervical cancer rates in women ages 20-24 have fallen an “astounding” 65 percent from 2012 through 2019, in the wake of the introduction of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, according to the American Cancer Society. “The large drop in cervical cancer incidence is extremely exciting because this is the first group of women to receive …
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Researchers observed a nearly twofold higher rate of missed or lack of guideline cervical cancer screening among White women compared with Black women (26.6% vs. 13.8%), according to a study of more than 29,000 diagnosed with the cancer from 2001 to 2018. The largest rate of increase in distant-stage (advanced) cervical cancer is occurring among …
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The largest rate of increase in distant-stage (advanced) cervical cancer is occurring among White women and younger women, but Black women overall appear to have the highest rate of the disease, according to a study of more than 29,000 diagnosed from 2001 to 2018. The study findings provide an update on trends of distant-stage cervical …
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Black, Hispanic, and Asian cervical cancer patients encountered significant delays in receiving a more advanced, targeted form of radiation therapy during the years 2004 and 2017. Traditional radiation often exposes organs next to the tumor to the full dose of radiation. However, a new form of radiation called intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) matches the precise …
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