Launched in 2023 to prevent cervical cancer, India’s first indigenous human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine—Cervavac—has found only 63 takers in the 18-25 age group at the Post Graduate ...

PETALING JAYA: Cervical cancer is ranked as the fourth most common cancer affecting women in Malaysia, with 1,740 cases in 2020 of whom 991 or 57% succumbed to the disease, according to the Global ...

MSD’s checkpoint inhibitor Keytruda has been cleared by the FDA for use in newly diagnosed cervical cancer patients with less severe disease, becoming the first anti-PD-1/PD-L1 immunotherapy for ...

First Lady Oluremi Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI) has announced a N1 billion donation to the fight against cervical cancer by the National Cancer Fund. The donation, which coincided with ...

Keytruda (pembrolizumab) was given an accelerated approval in 2018 as a second-line therapy for PD-L1-positive cervical cancer, but the new survival data – from the phase 3 KEYNOTE-826 trial ...

For many reasons, including sensitivity and stigma surrounding the locations of these cancers, gynaecological cancers are ...

Although Malaysia’s on-going efforts against cervical cancer were temporarily derailed by Covid-19 lockdowns, Dr Murallitharan said there is a strong commitment to get them back on track and ...

Experts are warning against overusing these common cooking oils because they contain a fat that is reportedly linked to breast cancer. Seed and vegetable oils don’t have the best reputation ...

Every two minutes, a woman’s life is claimed by cervical cancer—a largely preventable disease—yet, the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine could save up to 560,000 lives every year. Cervical cancer is ...

Throwing a 'Spanner in the Works' of Our Cells' Machinery Could Help Fight Cancer, Fatty Liver Disease... and Hair Loss Apr. 18, 2025 — Fifty years since its discovery, scientists have finally ...