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HealthDay News via Infectious Disease Advisor
The 5-year risks of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 3 (CIN3), adenocarcinoma in situ, and cervical cancer (≥CIN3) decrease after each successive negative human papillomavirus (HPV) and cytology co-testing, according to a study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
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ASCT
The ASCT Foundation is excited to announce a new scholarship opportunity for recent cytotechnology program graduates! Our new Rookie of the Year Award will provide $900 to a graduate in their first year out of school to assist with the cost of attending the ASCT Annual Conference.
Applicants will submit an essay on why attending the ASCT Annual Conference is important to them at this stage in their career. The winning essay will be selected by the ASCT Executive Council and will be published in The Voice.
Further details and application materials will be available soon.
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Jan. 17, 2018 |
Quantitative Cytology and its Emerging Role in Daily Practice
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Liron Pantanowitz, MD
Professor of Pathology & Biomedical Informatics
Director of Pathology Informatics
Director of Cytopathology UPMC Shadyside
Director of Pathology Informatics Fellowship
Department of Pathology, UPMC Shadyside
Pittsburgh, PA
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June 20, 2018 |
The Bethesda System for Cervical Cytology — Update and Beyond
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Patricia G. Tiscornia-Wasserman, MD
Professor of Pathology and Cell Biology
Director of Cytopathology
Columbia University Medical Center
Melville, New York
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Quality Assessment Center (QAC) Cell Blocks Basics Workbench
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Quality Assessment Center (QAC)
Document Control for Cytopathology Workbench
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Quality Assessment Center (QAC)
The LEAN Cytopathology Laboratory Workbench
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Medical News Bulletin
The high rate of cervical cancer in older women continues to be a concern for countries that have long-established cervical screening practices. By these measures, countries have seen a significant reduction in cervical cancer in women between the ages of 30 to 60 years old.
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OncLive
Younger patients, women, and white patients with HPV-related cancers had superior survival at 5 years, indicating that increased HPV vaccination and better access to cancer screening and treatment are likely needed to reduce survival disparities.
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UPI
Men infected with genital human papillomavirus, or HPV, are at high risk for reinfection with the same type of HPV, researchers say. The investigators also found that the risk for reinfection after a year increased 20-fold for men who've been infected with HPV16 — the type responsible for most HPV-related cancers.
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Stanford University via Science Daily
A study of nearly 3,000 women with early stage breast cancer indicates a recent, significant decline in the use of chemotherapy despite the lack of any change in national treatment recommendations or guidelines, according to researchers.
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Georgetown University via ScienceDaily
Consuming soy foods (such as soy milk, tofu and edamame) and cruciferous vegetables (such as cabbages, kale, collard greens, bok choy, Brussels sprouts, and broccoli) may be associated with a reduction in common side effects of breast cancer treatment in breast cancer survivors, say a team of scientists.
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Science
By age 38, the patient's breast cancer had spread to her bones, a typically fatal turn of events. She became an alcoholic, and her doctors stopped all cancer treatment, instead giving her a drug to discourage her drinking. She died 10 years later, after an inebriated fall from a window. But an autopsy revealed something unexpected: Her bone tumors had melted away, leaving only a few cancer cells in her marrow.
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