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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved two new self-tests to detect HPV.
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Health MattersTo thank her doctor and celebrate life, Mary Skehan wanted to do something spectacular — so she went skydiving.
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NewYork-Presbyterian Patient StoriesPatti Murillo-Casa, 62, was shocked to hear that the vaginal bleeding she had been experiencing between periods was due to cervical cancer.
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Columbia Cancer NewsroomCervical cancer is typically diagnosed in women between the ages of 35 and 44, but Sheneque Hanse was diagnosed at just 17 years old.
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Today.comSeptember 21, 2021“I am not afraid,” Nadia Chaudhri reassured her social media followers recently. “I’m surrounded by love and ready for the pain to end.”
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Gynecologic Surgeons UnscrubbedJune 15, 2021In this first episode of a two-part series, Dr. Cara King talks to Dr. Jake Lauer about work transitions from residencies to fellowships into staff and vice versa.
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MedPage TodayMarch 1, 2019Women with advanced ovarian cancer and clinically negative lymph nodes at surgery did not live longer if they underwent pelvic and paraaortic lymphadenectomy, results of a randomized trial showed.
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- November 29, 2018
Jason D. Wright, MD recently co-authored a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine examining the safety of minimally invasive surgery for cervical cancer.
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The New York TimesOctober 31, 2018Two new studies revealed bad news about minimally invasive surgery for cervical cancer, a widely used procedure performed through small slits in the abdomen instead of a big incision.
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Associated PressOctober 31, 2018New evidence about a cancer operation in women finds a higher death rate for the less invasive version, challenging standard practice and the “less is more” approach to treating cervical cancer.
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Prevention MagazineSeptember 17, 2018First, some good news: ovarian cancer is actually not all that common, with just 22,240 women diagnosed each year, according to the American Cancer Society.
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- September 7, 2018
This fall, the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Columbia University Irving Medical Center proudly welcomes five new full-time faculty members in four different divisions.
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- June 14, 2018
The Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Department of Medicine have announced a multi-disciplinary initiative aimed at screening, preventing, diagnosing, and treating hereditary cancer.
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- June 1, 2018
Friends and faculty gathered to celebrate Dr. Richard Levine’s 50th year at Columbia University and the establishment of two new endowed professorships
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