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CLINICAL ANALYTICS &
DECISION SCIENCE (CADS) LAB
News Gallery
May 15, 2025
"Screening for cervical cancer many soon be possible within the privacy of your own home. On May 9, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the Teal Wand, a tamponlike tool people can use to collect cells from their vagina. It’s the first self-collection device approved for at-home use in the United States and could broaden access to cervical cancer screening."
December 5, 2024
"Cervical cancer deaths among women younger than 25 have plummeted in recent years, the likely result of vaccinating adolescents against human papillomavirus, or HPV, high-risk strains of which cause the cancer, researchers said."
November 17, 2024
"Cervivor Podcast welcomes Dr. Trisha Amboree from the Medical University of South Carolina to discuss the 'Cervical Cancer Elimination Day of Action'."
May 16, 2024
"England's human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination program has remained highly effective in reducing cases of cervical cancer and grade 3 cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN3)"
May 13, 2024
"Federally qualified health centers reported substantially lower breast, cervical and colorectal cancer screenings compared with the general U.S. population, highlighting a gap in screening rates for adults from underrepresented groups."
February 22, 2024
"Nearly 20 years after the first vaccine against human papillomavirus virus became available, many eligible Americans are still not getting the shot - even though it provides powerful protection against the leading cause of cervical cancer and a strong risk factor for anal cancer."
December 13, 2021
"Vaccine hesitancy is hardly limited to shots against Covid-19. Even the HPV vaccine, which can prevent as many as 90 percent of six potentially lethal cancers, is meeting with resistance from parents who must give their approval before their adolescent can receive it."
October 22, 2021
"Despite more than 15 years of consistent evidence that HPV vaccines are safe and effective, a new study has found that more parents are citing concerns about the vaccines’ safety in recent years. The findings highlight an urgent need for doctors and public health leaders to address these concerns with parents, according to the scientists who led the study."
September 28, 2020
"We spoke with Ashish Deshmukh, PhD, at the University of Texas about his latest research findings on the rising incidence of anal cancer, as well as the events that drove him toward a career researching anal cancer and its eradication. We at the Anal Cancer Foundation are proud to work with researchers such as him, bringing light to these statistics and helping to spread the word about what all of us can do to bring anal cancer to an end."
December 19, 2019
"Both the number of cases of anal cancer and deaths from the disease have been on the rise in the United States since 2001, according to a new study. The increases have been especially rapid in young African American men, as well as among all adults over the age of 50."
November 19, 2019
"Anal cancer cases and deaths are rising dramatically in the United States, especially among older people and young black men, a new study says. Researchers examined trends in anal cancer cases over about 15 years, and identified about 69,000 cases of anal cancer and more than 12,000 deaths during this time."
November 19, 2019
"The United States is experiencing a “dramatic and concerning” rise in the rate of new anal cancer cases and deaths from the disease, particularly among young black men and elderly women, researchers reported Tuesday."
January 6, 2020
"The HPV vaccine is highly effective against the cancer-causing types of human papillomavirus, but only half of teenagers and young adults have gotten all three of the doses recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Now a new study in women ages 18 to 26 suggest that one shot might be enough."
December 27, 2019
"A single dose of the human papillomavirus, or HPV, vaccine may be just as effective as two or three doses at preventing cancer-causing HPV infection, a new study suggests. The study, published in the medical journal JAMA Network Open on Friday, found that compared with unvaccinated women, infection with certain high-risk HPV types was significantly less prevalent among women who received one, two or three doses of HPV vaccine."
September 16, 2019
"The majority of American adults are unaware that the most common sexually transmitted disease, HPV, or human papillomavirus, can lead to a variety of cancers, according to research released Monday."
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