Sentences with phrase «of precancers»

An HPV test, in which doctors test a cervicovaginal specimen for the presence of the nucleic acids of carcinogenic types of HPV, is more sensitive than the Pap test (a microscopic examination of exfoliated cells) for detection of precancers.

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HPV - negative / Pap test - positive results preceded only small fractions of cases of precancer (3.5 %) and cancer (5.9 %); these cancers were more likely to be regional or distant stage than other cases.

«We understand that people get infections, we understand that people develop low - grade abnormalities, but we also understand that the amount of precancer is very low in these populations,» says Wheeler, who has conducted extensive research on HPV infection and cervical cancer.

Not exact matches

Women with precancer or cancer were most likely to have particular versions of the viral gene E7, which researchers are now interested in targeting.

To address this gap in knowledge, Mirabello and Schiffman teamed up with co-senior author Robert Burk of Albert Einstein College of Medicine to sequence the whole genomes of 5,570 HPV16 - infected cell and tissue samples from women around the world and to identify associations between HPV16 genetic variants and the risk of cervical precancer and cancer.

Screening histories preceding cervical cancers (n = 623) and precancers (n = 5,369) were examined to assess the relative contribution of the Pap test and HPV test components in identifying cases.

The main goal of cervical screening programs is to detect and treat precancer before cancer develops.

Any woman with a uterus who takes systemic estrogen of any type, such as a cream, patch, or pill, must counterbalance the estrogen with progesterone, delivered orally as a pill, to prevent buildup of excess tissue in the uterine lining, which may turn into precancer or cancer.

delivered orally as a pill, to prevent buildup of excess tissue in the uterine lining, which may turn into precancer or cancer.

... continue An important point about progesterone is that one of its main security jobs is to protect the endometrial lining from overgrowth, precancer (hyperplasia), and cancer.

While Gardasil has been approved for the prevention of cancers and precancers of the cervix, anus, vulva, and vagina, it so far has not been approved for the prevention of penile or oropharyngeal cancer.