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August 28, 2015August 28, 2015

NANOTEC Designs Portable Cervical Cancer Diagnostic Tool for Rural Areas

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A team of scientists at the National Nanotechnology Center (NANOTEC) have successfully designed INSpectDx, currently a prototype digital colposcopy system for detecting cervical cancer. This portable system allows real-time display, ... Read more

August 26, 2015August 27, 2015

LuViva Advanced Cervical Scan Now Available in Costa Rica, Pilot Screening Program Set to Launch

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Guided Therapeutics, Inc. recently announced it has expanded patient access to its LuViva Advanced Cervical Scan to Costa Rica. This marks the 20th country where Guided Therapeutics has shipped LuViva, a technologically ... Read more

August 25, 2015August 26, 2015

The Role of TIMP-4 in Cervical Cancer Development

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In a recent study titled “Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-4 Triggers Apoptosis in Cervical Cancer Cells“, published in the PLoS ONE journal, researchers discovered a complex involvement of a specific metalloprotease, TIMP-4, ... Read more

August 24, 2015August 25, 2015

Guided Therapeutics Proposes Large-Scale Cervical Cancer Screening Program in Kenya

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Guided Therapeutics, Inc., maker of a rapid and painless testing platform based on its patented biophotonic technology that utilizes light for the early detection of disease at the cellular level, ... Read more

August 18, 2015August 18, 2015

RapidPlan Software Improves Efficiency and Quality of Treatment Planning for Cervical Cancer Patients

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Varian Medical Systems (NYSE: VAR), a health-care technology company, has recently presented study results from numerous independent researchers highlighting the efficacy of RapidPlan, their new software for storing and accessing ... Read more

August 17, 2015August 17, 2015

Inactivated Protein To Screen for Cervical Cancer

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Uterine cervical cancer arises from the cervix and is associated with human papillomavirus (HPV) infection in more than 90% of the cases. Although this link is established, doctors still don’t ... Read more

August 12, 2015August 12, 2015

Suramin Inhibits Proliferation of Cervical Cancer

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Uterine cervical cancer arises from the cervix and is associated with human papillomavirus (HPV) infection in more than 90% of the cases. In the last few years there have been ... Read more

August 12, 2015August 12, 2015

Novel Protein Involved in Cervical Cancer Progression

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Certain proteins that are essential to healthy cell function can be detrimental to a patient when they act in cancer cells. The protein nuclear factor erthroid-2-related factor 2 (NFE2L2, or ... Read more

August 8, 2015August 10, 2015

Lymph Node Metastasis Predicts Worse Survival in Cervical Cancer

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One biological factor that is valuable in predicting the outcome of a patients’ cervical cancer is pelvic lymph node metastasis (LNM). Whether or not lymph nodes are invaded by metastatic ... Read more

August 5, 2015October 19, 2015

Israeli Firm MobileODT Develops Inexpensive, Smartphone-Based Mobile Cervical Cancer Detection Device

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Cervical cancer kills one woman every two minutes around the globe. In the developed world, women aged 20 to 60 typically undergo routine or at least periodic cervical cancer screening ... Read more