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Cervical Cancer
Cervical cancer is a type of cancer that arises from the cervix. Almost all cervical cancers are either squamous cell carcinomas or adenocarcinomas. All women are at risk for cervical cancer. It occurs most often in women over age 30.
AUG 31, 2022 | 12:00 PM
Date: August 31, 2022 Time: 12:00pm (PDT), 3:00pm (EDT), 9:00pm (CEST) Human papillomavirus (HPV) is responsible for more than 99% of cervical cancers. Most HPV infections are transient an...
AUG 16, 2022 | 7:00 AM
Date: August 16, 2022 Time: 7:00am (PDT), 10:00am (EDT), 4:00pm (CEST) In this session, researchers, clinicians, and program implementers from four countries will address the disruption in co...
JUN 28, 2022 | 9:00 PM
Date: June 29, 2022 Time: 12:00pm (PST), 2:00pm (EST), 8:00pm (CEST) The burden of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has been acknowledged worldwide by leading health institutes. Besides the ne...
SEP 02, 2021 | 11:00 AM
La infección por el virus del papiloma humano (VPH) es el causante principal de cáncer de cuello uterino. Los tipos 16 y 18 del VPH son responsables...
OCT 07, 2020 | 9:00 AM
Date: October 7, 2020 Time: 9:00am (PDT), 12:00pm (EDT) Recently the FDA approved the BD Onclarity HPV assay as a test to identify HPV high-risk genotypes in addition to HPV 16 and 18 i.e.,...
AUG 18, 2020 | 6:00 AM
DATE: August 18, 2020 TIME: 6:00am PDT, 9:00pm EDT Hundreds of HPV tests with different variants are commercially available globally, but many of these tests do not meet the performance char...
APR 29, 2020 | 6:00 AM
Background and aim: Multiplexing of biomarker panels by microsphere-based technologies are robust and cost-effective methods. The QuantiGene™ Plex Assay (ThermoFisher Scientific) platf...
MAY 08, 2019 | 9:00 AM
DATE: May 8, 2019TIME: 12:00am PDT In 2017 the first national cervical screening programs using human papillomavirus (HPV-based) primary screening were implemented. As these progr...
NOV 15, 2018 | 10:30 AM
Cervical cancer is the 4th most common cancer worldwide with 528,000 new cases and 266,000 deaths every year. It is also the only cancer 100% preventable. It has been extensively proved, that...
NOV 15, 2018 | 10:30 AM
The main problem for insufficient cervical cancer screening globally (less than 20% women at risk) is outreach failure. Enabling POCs with modern IT/mobile technology and connecting them with...
APR 12, 2017 | 9:00 AM
Screening for cervical cancer represents one of the greatest successes achieved in disease prevention. Cytology has been central to cervical cancer screening programs for over 50 years and ha...
FEB 22, 2017 | 6:00 AM
Recent advances in DNA sequencing have now made it possible to characterize genomes, transcriptomes and even methylomes which is transforming both basic research and clinical practice. Whole...
APR 07, 2016 | 10:30 AM
Cervical cancer screening has been the 20th century poster child for preventative screening. This presentation is a gynecologist’s perspective on its continuing evolution –b...
