By: Melody Brandon 05 November 2010 JOHANNESBURG (Xinhua) — A team of South African students from the University of The Witwatersrand (WITS) have used “biological Lego” to develop a tool that is hoped to detect cervical cancer. According to the South African department of Health, cancer of the cervix is the second most common […]
HPV Testing for Patients with Atypical Squamous Cells Identifies Those at High Risk for Cancer
By: Barbara Boughton 02 November 2010 (San Francisco, California) — A new study from an inner-city hospital in Atlanta, Georgia, of 348 patients with a diagnosis of atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (ASC-US) confirms that high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) assay testing is essential for pinpointing patients with high-grade dysplasia who need follow-up treatment, according […]
