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Monday, 23 July, HealthDay News)--Infection with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS--did not appear to increase the risk of cervical cancer, a new survey showed.
The researchers looked at more than 400 HIV infected women and nearly 300 HIV-free women, all of whom had normal Pap test and a negative result for tumors cause of human papillomavirus DNA in the beginning of the study. Know that some types of the human papilloma virus (HPV) causes cervical cancer.
After five years of follow-up, the risk of precancerous cervical diseases was similarly low for both groups of women. None of the women developed cancer of the cervix, Dr. Howard Strickler and colleagues at Albert Einstein College of medicine at Yeshiva University in New York said in a press release.
The study was scheduled to present a briefing Sunday at the International AIDS Conference in Washington, the District of Colombia and appears in the July 25 issue of the journal of the American Medical Association.
The results show that the five-year risk of cervical cancer in HIV-infected women who have normal Pap smear and HPV tumour without causing a risk similar to HIV-free women, researchers say.
"Current investigation underscores the potential for a new era of molecular testing--including HPV, as well as other biomarkers--to improve cervical cancer screening in HIV-infected women," in conclusion, the authors of the study.
--Robert Preidt 
Copyright © 2012 HealthDay. All rights reserved. Source: Journal of the American Medical Association, press release, July 22, 2012
THURSDAY, Aug. 2 HealthDay News)--Breast Cancer Charity that brought the world the Pink Ribbon, which exaggerates benefits of Mammography by minimizing its harms, claim scientists.
Susan g. Komen organization is referred to for the Cure, as stated in the announcement, 2011 that the pointer of cancer survival five years during breast caught early 98%, while only 23% if not caught early.
"The survival Statistics posed are eye-catching and relevant. Means that the woman is crazy and irresponsible if not go to detect, "said Dr. Steve Woloshin, co-author article challenge charity. "But the statistics are misleading."
In accordance with the comment that Woloshin appears online Aug. 2 in the BMJ, in her 50s woman who refers to regular mammograms for 10 years will be the only cuts the chance of dying by a fraction of a percentage point--every 10 000 women who will not be able to screened 7 deaths.
The reason for the discrepancy?
Survival statistics, calculate how much a woman lives only after the diagnosis, the researchers explained.
If 100 women were diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 67 after feeling the tumor and all died three years later, at the age of 70, the survival rate of five years will be 0 per cent.
But if cancers were detected by Mammography, when women were 64 and they still died at the age of 70, the survival of five years will be 100 percent.
Komen also minimizes the harms that may come from over-screening in accordance with article.
For every woman whose life is saved by Mammography, between two and 10 women are overdiagnosed, which means they are told they have cancer, if not and end up going through unnecessary treatment.
Up to half of the women who are inspected annually by the Decade they receive at least one false positive, which means must undergo biopsy and breast cancer have the experience of fear of thinking, if only temporarily.
The article falls at a time when there has been a growing furor over the value of breast cancer. The U.S. preventive services Task Force now recommends that women in their 40s not get regular mammograms.
American Cancer Society recommends that all women aged 40 and over get annual mammograms.
In the end, women must obtain reliable information from their doctors or other sources about the risks and benefits of Mammography. One problem is that not all primary care doctors know the numbers right to transfer their patients, according to the latest research.
Overall, few doctors would argue that there are certain advantages to Mammography.
Dr. Stephanie Bernik, head of Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City, Onkologiczna, supports push for a Cancer Charity.
"As doctors, we believe that breast cancer is extremely beneficial," she said. "Screening save lives, but probably is not as dramatic as sometimes took too."
Adds Woloshin, who is Professor of medicine and community and family medicine at Dartmouth School of Medicine and Institute of the Dartmouth health policy and clinical practice: "there is some benefit, but the size is of a different order than what is implied by the advertising. Women's decisions should be good for each other. "
Komen Foundation representative defended the position of the organization.
"Everyone Agrees that Mammography is not perfect, but it is the best tool for the detection of commonly available that we have today," said Chandini Portteus, Vice President of Komen research, evaluation and scientific programmes. "My wymówienie for years the science has to improve, therefore the Komen is putting millions of dollars for tests to detect breast cancer before symptoms through biomarkers," for example, she explained.
"Komen is also financing research to accurately predict a 6,000 cancer and which are not," still Portteus. "When we invest in obtaining those responses, we believe is simply irresponsible effectively discourage women from taking steps to know what happens to their health," she noted.
"These numbers are not in question," said Portteus. "Early detection allows for early treatment, which granted women the best chance of surviving breast cancer."
Copyright © 2012 HealthDay. All rights reserved. SOURCE: Stephanie Bernik, M.D., Chief, surgical oncology, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York City, New York; Steven Woloshin, M.D., Professor of medicine and community and family medicine, Dartmouth School of Medicine and Institute of the Dartmouth health policy and clinical practice, Lebanon, Navy; Chandini Portteus, Vice-President, research, evaluation and scientific programmes, Susan g. Komen for the Cure; 2 Aug. 2012, BMJ, online
Both of these were sent to me by journalists:
An email pitch letter from a medical group:
Medical Office has First Full Body Scanner to Protect Against Skin Cancer
Dear xxxxx,
We thought that this might make for a very interesting and informative article. With the approach of summer break, this is a time when most people head outdoors. It’s important for people to remember to protect their families against one of the most common forms of cancer today: skin cancer. Current statistics show that 1 in 5 Americans will develop skin cancer in their lifetime.
—- uses the latest technology to detect and protect against skin cancer. They are the only practice in central (could be any state) to offer this system which creates a digital map of the entire body.
Now let’s look at the evidence: The US Preventive Services Task Force states that “the current evidence is insufficient to assess the balance of benefits and harms of using a whole-body skin examination by a primary care clinician or patient skin self-examination for the early detection of cutaneous melanoma, basal cell cancer, or squamous cell skin cancer in the adult general population.”
The other example came from a journalist who wrote, “Doesn’t it seem particularly exploitative to use a 26-year-old woman’s hysterectomy for this?” The news release/pitch:
Surgeons at xxx Health Center have completed the first robot-assisted surgery in xxxx County.
The first patient was 26-year-old xxx, who underwent a robot-assisted hysterectomy April 13.
Hysterectomies and other gynecological procedures are the first of many robot-assisted surgical procedures that will be offered at xxx.
“We are proud to offer the most high-tech, minimally invasive treatment options available anywhere right here at xxx. Now our patients can benefit from the latest surgical technologies without leaving home,” says (the) president of xxx Health Center.
For advertising disguised as news, see this puff piece in the business section of The Tennessean online, “daVinci robot works miracles.”
Addendum 5 hours later: The Nashville Scene website reports, “Tennessean Farms Out Health Section to Hospital Flacks.“ And Paul Raeburn of the Knight Science Journalism Tracker writes:
“The changes come as the Tennessean institutes a paywall for many of its stories. (Newspaper management) said that because of the paywall, “The Tennessean will continue its mission of serving Middle Tennesseans for years to come.”
With regard to some things, maybe. But not with regard to health news. The paper has already failed in that mission.”
Finally, for absurdity in robot hype, see a Seattle doc’s You Tube video of how he used a robotic surgical system to fold a paper airplane – and see how the blogger known as The Skeptical Scalpel grounds that hype.
Both of these were sent to me by journalists:
An email pitch letter from a medical group:
Medical Office has First Full Body Scanner to Protect Against Skin Cancer
Dear xxxxx,
We thought that this might make for a very interesting and informative article. With the approach of summer break, this is a time when most people head outdoors. It’s important for people to remember to protect their families against one of the most common forms of cancer today: skin cancer. Current statistics show that 1 in 5 Americans will develop skin cancer in their lifetime.
—- uses the latest technology to detect and protect against skin cancer. They are the only practice in central (could be any state) to offer this system which creates a digital map of the entire body.
Now let’s look at the evidence: The US Preventive Services Task Force states that “the current evidence is insufficient to assess the balance of benefits and harms of using a whole-body skin examination by a primary care clinician or patient skin self-examination for the early detection of cutaneous melanoma, basal cell cancer, or squamous cell skin cancer in the adult general population.”
The other example came from a journalist who wrote, “Doesn’t it seem particularly exploitative to use a 26-year-old woman’s hysterectomy for this?” The news release/pitch:
Surgeons at xxx Health Center have completed the first robot-assisted surgery in xxxx County.
The first patient was 26-year-old xxx, who underwent a robot-assisted hysterectomy April 13.
Hysterectomies and other gynecological procedures are the first of many robot-assisted surgical procedures that will be offered at xxx.
“We are proud to offer the most high-tech, minimally invasive treatment options available anywhere right here at xxx. Now our patients can benefit from the latest surgical technologies without leaving home,” says (the) president of xxx Health Center.
For advertising disguised as news, see this puff piece in the business section of The Tennessean online, “daVinci robot works miracles.”
Addendum 5 hours later: The Nashville Scene website reports, “Tennessean Farms Out Health Section to Hospital Flacks.“ And Paul Raeburn of the Knight Science Journalism Tracker writes:
“The changes come as the Tennessean institutes a paywall for many of its stories. (Newspaper management) said that because of the paywall, “The Tennessean will continue its mission of serving Middle Tennesseans for years to come.”
With regard to some things, maybe. But not with regard to health news. The paper has already failed in that mission.”
Finally, for absurdity in robot hype, see a Seattle doc’s You Tube video of how he used a robotic surgical system to fold a paper airplane – and see how the blogger known as The Skeptical Scalpel grounds that hype.
April 6, 2012 / Vol. 61 / No. RR–2
Good Laboratory Practices for Biochemical Genetic Testing and Newborn Screening for Inherited Metabolic Disorders
CE Available
This report provides recommendations for good laboratory practices for biochemical genetic testing and newborn screening for inherited metabolic disorders. The recommended practices address the benefits of using a quality management system approach, factors to consider before introducing new tests, establishment and verification of test performance specifications, the total laboratory testing process, confidentiality of patient information and test results, and personnel qualifications and responsibilities for laboratory testing for inherited metabolic diseases. These recommendations are intended for laboratories that perform biochemical genetic testing to improve the quality of laboratory services and for newborn screening laboratories to ensure the quality of laboratory practices for inherited metabolic disorders. These recommendations also are intended as a resource for medical and public health professionals who evaluate laboratory practices, for users of laboratory services to facilitate their collaboration with newborn screening systems and use of biochemical genetic tests, and for standard-setting organizations and professional societies in developing future laboratory quality standards and practice recommendations.
April 6, 2012 / Vol. 61 / No. RR–2
Good Laboratory Practices for Biochemical Genetic Testing and Newborn Screening for Inherited Metabolic Disorders
CE Available
This report provides recommendations for good laboratory practices for biochemical genetic testing and newborn screening for inherited metabolic disorders. The recommended practices address the benefits of using a quality management system approach, factors to consider before introducing new tests, establishment and verification of test performance specifications, the total laboratory testing process, confidentiality of patient information and test results, and personnel qualifications and responsibilities for laboratory testing for inherited metabolic diseases. These recommendations are intended for laboratories that perform biochemical genetic testing to improve the quality of laboratory services and for newborn screening laboratories to ensure the quality of laboratory practices for inherited metabolic disorders. These recommendations also are intended as a resource for medical and public health professionals who evaluate laboratory practices, for users of laboratory services to facilitate their collaboration with newborn screening systems and use of biochemical genetic tests, and for standard-setting organizations and professional societies in developing future laboratory quality standards and practice recommendations.
April 6, 2012 / Vol. 61 / No. RR–2
Good Laboratory Practices for Biochemical Genetic Testing and Newborn Screening for Inherited Metabolic Disorders
CE Available
This report provides recommendations for good laboratory practices for biochemical genetic testing and newborn screening for inherited metabolic disorders. The recommended practices address the benefits of using a quality management system approach, factors to consider before introducing new tests, establishment and verification of test performance specifications, the total laboratory testing process, confidentiality of patient information and test results, and personnel qualifications and responsibilities for laboratory testing for inherited metabolic diseases. These recommendations are intended for laboratories that perform biochemical genetic testing to improve the quality of laboratory services and for newborn screening laboratories to ensure the quality of laboratory practices for inherited metabolic disorders. These recommendations also are intended as a resource for medical and public health professionals who evaluate laboratory practices, for users of laboratory services to facilitate their collaboration with newborn screening systems and use of biochemical genetic tests, and for standard-setting organizations and professional societies in developing future laboratory quality standards and practice recommendations.
photo by Jorge Lascar on FlickrThe website will be on hold over the next week, as I’m traveling to Beijing to help lead a workshop for Chinese journalists hosted by the National Cancer Institute and the Cancer Institute and Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences.
This will be the third international journalism workshop I’ve done with the National Cancer Institute – with several more on the horizon within the next year.
We are gratified to see the global reach of efforts like ours – built on the pioneering work done by an Australian team that founded the first Media Doctor site two years before we got started. Now, as the yellow stars on the map below show, such projects have sprung up around the world. And the invitations for talks and workshops, like the upcoming one in Beijing, continue to come in.
photo by Jorge Lascar on FlickrThe website will be on hold over the next week, as I’m traveling to Beijing to help lead a workshop for Chinese journalists hosted by the National Cancer Institute and the Cancer Institute and Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences.
This will be the third international journalism workshop I’ve done with the National Cancer Institute – with several more on the horizon within the next year.
We are gratified to see the global reach of efforts like ours – built on the pioneering work done by an Australian team that founded the first Media Doctor site two years before we got started. Now, as the yellow stars on the map below show, such projects have sprung up around the world. And the invitations for talks and workshops, like the upcoming one in Beijing, continue to come in.
photo by Jorge Lascar on FlickrThe website will be on hold over the next week, as I’m traveling to Beijing to help lead a workshop for Chinese journalists hosted by the National Cancer Institute and the Cancer Institute and Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences.
This will be the third international journalism workshop I’ve done with the National Cancer Institute – with several more on the horizon within the next year.
We are gratified to see the global reach of efforts like ours – built on the pioneering work done by an Australian team that founded the first Media Doctor site two years before we got started. Now, as the yellow stars on the map below show, such projects have sprung up around the world. And the invitations for talks and workshops, like the upcoming one in Beijing, continue to come in.
Cancer screening programs: the accounts of every womanMinistry of Health to pay for certain tests to detect breast cancer and / or cervical cancer, which can not afford these services. Most patients do not have cancer. For those few who, finding cancer early could save their lives. By signing this form means that you want to participate in cancer screening programs: All expenses of the woman. Will the next year, you will be contacted to be re-examined the leading provider of health care. Each http://www.medi-cal.ca.govyear, you must sign a consent form to participate. You can stop the program at any time.To participate, you must provide your name, address, date of birth, income, and some medical history. You must provide this information or not allowed to participate. It will ask for information such as social security number (if any), but should not be shown. The program has the right to collect and store information collected from you in this program in California law, taxes, and Section 30461.6, 42 USC 1501 and 45 CFR 160-164. All information will be protected as specified in the notice about cancer screening privacy policy, that authorization is given. Health and primary caregiver to give you the results that way. Health and primary caregiver to keep your medical records in a file and send medical records to find the section for use in cancer, and payment transactions in the areas of health, research, and in some cases to coordinate treatment. And you can share information with other programs of the Ministry of Health and other government agencies.The supplier may also share personal information with other health professionals to help you obtain the recommended services. We may disclose information when required by law, for purposes of workers' compensation. You have the right to inspect or obtain copies of records maintained by the Department of Cancer found that relates to your health, as specified in the notice of privacy.Your name will not be used in a report to the public. This may be a common name and date of birth, address, social security number with other providers in the program in order to avoid duplication of records.You will receive a copy of this consent to keep. Please talk to your primary health care if you have any questions.I gave (print) the information is accurate and complete and consent to participate in the Department of Public breast and / or detection of cervical cancer and screening program. I also agree to allow the use of personal data and medical, as described above. I understand that by signing this form, I consent to participate in the program during the year and participate in the program next year, I have to sign a new consent.Date of signatureI received a copy of the policy of cancer detection observed Privacy section.Date of signatureComplete only if the witness is required: I have read the information contained in this form, so that the patient mentioned above. I think the best of my knowledge and belief that the patient understands the information is ready to join the program and agree to the terms of this statement.Date of signatureCancer detection, MS 7203, PO Box 997377, Sacramento, CA 95899-7377(916) 449-5300 - (916) 449-5310 faxWebsite: www.cdph.ca.govCDPH 8478 (11/2011) in English / approval ...
