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HPV Education and Patient Navigation Project Seeks to Raise Awareness of Need for HPV Vaccine

Even as exciting developments are happening in cervical cancer research, an estimated 14,100 new cases of invasive cervical cancer will be diagnosed in the United States this year.


Author Rachel Sauer | Publish Date February 16, 2022
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Gynecologic Cancer    Vaccinations    Cervical Cancer

Three Things to Know About the HPV Vaccine and Cervical Cancer

January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month, and CU Cancer Center member Lindsay Brubaker, MD, wants everyone to be aware of the relationship between cervical cancer and the human papillomavirus (HPV), a sexually-transmitted disease that causes the vast majority of cervical cancers. The current HPV vaccine protects against seven predominant strains of the virus that cause cancer, as well as the two that cause genital warts.


Author Cancer Center | Publish Date January 22, 2021
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Research    Gynecologic Cancer    Cervical Cancer

American Cancer Society Releases Simplified Cervical Cancer Screening Guidelines

Last month the American Cancer Society (ACS) released updated guidelines for cervical cancer screening. The most notable change in guidelines is the changes in the age to begin screening. Per the new guidelines, it is recommended that cervical cancer screening begin at age 25. Previously, the starting age for screening was 21.


Author Cancer Center | Publish Date August 18, 2020
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Gynecologic Cancer    Women's Health    Advocacy    Cervical Cancer

Cervical cancer survivor: Don’t miss your Pap smears!

Debbie Garcia always dreamed of having a big family.


Author Cancer Center | Publish Date January 17, 2020
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CU Cancer Center In the News

UCHealth

Six Years Ago, She Was Told She Had Months To Live. Therapies Old and New Keep Lung Cancer Patient Moving Forward.

news outletUCHealth
Publish DateDecember 01, 2023

Betty Moren was told she had six to nine months to live.

More than six years and countless treatments later, she’s still here.

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KDVR

CU Cell Therapy Trial Shows Results in Treating Progressive Multiple Sclerosis

news outletKDVR
Publish DateNovember 27, 2023

The lab of Angelo D’Alessandro, PhD, a professor at the CU School of Medicine, had already been working with Cambridge to understand the metabolic support of neurodegeneration in multiple sclerosis, with a special focus on the role of metabolic signals driving inflammatory events that make immune cells in the brain turn against neurons.

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The Denver Post

She Was Diagnosed With Breast Cancer at 22. This Coloradan Wants Young Women To Know Their Risk.

news outletThe Denver Post
Publish DateNovember 26, 2023

Devon Brown knew not to ignore it when she found a lump in her breast that just didn’t seem quite right. “It felt very round and hard, so that was pretty abnormal,” she said.

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Colorado Public Radio

Radon and Lung Cancer Risk in Colorado

news outletColorado Public Radio
Publish DateNovember 16, 2023

CU Cancer Center member Jan Lowery, PhD, MPH, Assistant Director, Dissemination and Implementation, Office of Community Outreach and Engagement, was briefly interviewed on Colorado Public Radio about radon and lung cancer.

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