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What are the benefits of hormone therapy for women in menopause and perimenopause? Elizabeth Tracey reports
What might the FDA’s removal of a black box warning on hormone therapy for menopause mean to you? Elizabeth Tracey reports
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Certain hormone therapies for menopause have had black box warnings on them since 2003, following concerns arising from the Women’s Health Initiative study, which seemed to show increased risks for breast cancer and dementia. Now the FDA has removed these …
A couple new approaches to treating a type of leukemia may help shorten treatment, Elizabeth Tracey reports
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Using one of two drug combinations versus ibrutinib alone to treat chronic lymphocytic leukemia, one of the most common types of leukemia in adults, may allow people to avoid continuous treatment, a new study finds. William Nelson, director of the Kimmel …
Can the drug celecoxib help some people avoid colorectal cancer recurrence? Elizabeth Tracey reports
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For people who’ve had colorectal cancer, celecoxib, a commonly prescribed medicine for pain, may help avoid disease recurrence, a recent analysis of a larger study found. Kimmel Cancer Center director William Nelson at Johns Hopkins explains that the presence of …
Since most cervical cancer is caused by infection with a virus, when should screening start? Elizabeth Tracey reports
Will women soon be testing themselves for human papilloma virus, or HPV ? Elizabeth Tracey reports
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The American Cancer Society has updated guidelines for cervical cancer screening to include self-collected specimens to assess for human papilloma virus, or HPV. William Nelson, director of the Kimmel Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, explains why. Nelson: There's 200,000 women …