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The occurrence of HPV–positive unknown primary squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck has significantly increased in recent years, according to the results of a retrospective study. HPV–positive unknown primary squamous cell carcinoma appeared to be most prevalent among younger men, results showed. UPSCC of the head and neck is comparatively rare, accounting for approximately 4 percent of squamous cell carcinomas, according to the study background. Trends, frequency and detection rates of UPSCCs have not been studied in the context of HPV tumor status.
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Cell-ebrate National Cytotechnology Day (NCD) on May 13, 2016. The idea for NCD was first entertained and pursued at the ASCT Interim meeting in Atlanta, Georgia back in 1984 by ASCT member Bruce Buschmann. History was made the following year in Philadelphia, PA when the week of May 12-18, 1985, became the first ever National Cytotechnology Week. The presentation of the proclamation, given by then Mayor of Philadelphia, W. Wilson Goode, was attended by Past ASCT President, Shirley Greening. Many local celebrations, mayoral and gubernatorial proclamations followed as NCD events grew in popularity. In addition to celebrating the important work of Dr. George Papanicolaou, NCD has been utilized as a means to promote the importance of the Pap test in women's health and the contributions of cytotechnologists to the healthcare field. |
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Cell Blocks in Cytopathology: Methodology, Challenges and Solutions in Reference to IHC and Molecular Pathology |
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Wayne State University SOM, DMC &
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Detroit, Michigan
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MedPage Today
A diagnosis of HPV may make women more susceptible to smoking, alcohol abuse, or use of recreational drugs — so-called negative coping skills — researchers reported here.
In a small cross-sectional study a history of HPV was associated with a more than two-fold increased risk of negative coping skills and self-destructive escape behaviors, such as drinking alcohol, smoking cigarettes or marijuana compared with women with no history of HPV, reported Anna-Barbara Moscicki, M.D., of the University of California at San Francisco, and colleagues.
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Improving the quality and increasing the frequency of HPV vaccine recommendations "drastically" increased overall series completion rates, according to data presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting. "By now, many people are probably aware that the HPV vaccination rates for teenagers in this country are quite low, lagging way behind our goals as clinicians," Landon B. Krantz, M.D., of the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, in Ohio, said in an interview.
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ScienceWorldReport
HPV vaccine Gardasil 9 has been found to potentially reduce the cervical cancer, including the death rates related to the said disease across the US. The new vaccine is also reported to have a lower cost compared to the current ones. The study on HPV vaccine Gardasil 9 was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science by Yale School of Public Health Dr. David Durham.
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ScienceDaily
High risk, potentially cancer causing human papillomavirus infections are common among women in Papua New Guinea. But self-sampling with vaginal swabs may provide materials that screen as accurately as the more labor-intensive approach using cervical samples obtained by clinicians. This finding, published in the Journal of Clinical Microbiology, is critical to developing same day screening and treatment, which is key to ensuring that women with precancerous lesions are treated in this largely unconnected (electronically) country, and in others like it.
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GenomeWeb
A team from Arizona State University's Biodesign Institute has developed a customizable, array-based approach to studying the body's immune response to human papillomavirus. According to the study published in Proteomics, the researchers determined that by detecting antibodies targeting proteins in the HPV subtypes most highly associated with cancers, the technology could help create a new class of diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers for diseases that can take years to develop.
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CBS News
Hepatitis C now kills more people in the United States than every other infectious disease combined, according to new government data.
The report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that deaths associated with hepatitis C reached an all-time high of 19,659 in 2014, surpassing the total combined number of deaths from 60 other infectious diseases reported to CDC, including HIV, pneumococcal disease, and tuberculosis.
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By Scott E. Rupp
 In news we have not heard of in some time — at least publicly — patient portals are back in the headlines. This is primarily because the American Health Information Management Association has released a new patient portal toolkit for health information management professionals. Patient portals were highly considered to be a potential savior for patient engagement. But the rhetoric of the movement has lessened a bit and reduced the buzz surrounding it.
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TIME
In two corresponding studies published in the journals Nature and Nature Communications, researchers sequenced the genomes of 560 breast cancers from people around the world and discovered five new genes that may spur breast cells to turn into breast cancer cells. The report marks the largest whole-genome sequencing study of a single cancer type.
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