Patients With Gynecologic Cancer Who Were Carriers For A BRCA1/2 Pathogenic Variant And Received RRS Experienced Improved Menopause-Related Quality Of Life Compared With Those Who Received RRSO, Study Finds

Cancer Network (9/14, Pelosci) reported, “Patients with gynecologic cancer who were carriers for a BRCA1/2 pathogenic variant and received risk-reducing salpingectomy (RRS) experienced improved menopause-related quality of life compared with those who received risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy (RRSO), regardless of treatment with hormone replacement therapy, according to findings from a study.” The research was published in JAMA Oncology. […]

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Predictive Model Projects Cervical Cancer Virtual Elimination In US Possible By 2030 In Communities With Low Poverty Rates, 2044 In Communities With High Poverty Rates

Health IT Analytics (9/13, McNemar) reported a predictive model published in Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention “estimated that cervical cancer could be virtually eliminated in the United States by 2030 in communities with low poverty rates, but not until 2044 in communities with high poverty rates.” With HPV vaccines about “90 percent effective at preventing HPV-related cancers, vaccination […]

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