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Frazer v. Schlegel (2007)
By: Alexis Darby
| Published: Aug 04, 2021
On 20 August 2007, in Frazer v. Schlegel, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit decided that researchers Ian Frazer and Jian…
LawFrazer, I. H. (Ian H.)Zhou, JianGlaxoSmithKlineZur Hausen, Harald
Cervarix HPV Vaccination Series
By: Grace Kim, Alexis Darby
| Published: Aug 20, 2020
In 2011, United Kingdom pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline released Cervarix, a vaccination series protecting girls and women from two strains of…
TechnologyCervical CancerCancer VaccineCancer of the CervixVaccines
Gardasil HPV Vaccination Series
By: Alexis Darby, Grace Kim
| Published: Jul 30, 2021
In 2006, United States pharmaceutical company Merck released the Gardasil vaccination series, which protected recipients against four strains of…
TechnologyHPV VaccinePapillomavirus InfectionsCervical CancerGenital Warts
Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Strains 16 and 18
By: Grace Kim
| Published: May 04, 2017
The Human Papillomavirus (HPV) strains 16 and 18 are the two most common HPV strains that lead to cases of genital cancer. HPV is the most commonly…
PapillomavirusesHuman Papilloma VirusHuman papillomavirus 16Human papillomavirus 18Uterine Cervical Neoplasms
George Nicholas Papanicolaou (1883–1962)
By: Patsy Ciardullo
| Published: Apr 06, 2017
George Nicholas Papanicolaou developed the Pap test in the United States during the twentieth century. The Pap test is a diagnostic procedure used to…
Pap TestExfoliative cytologyCervical CancerMenstrual CycleUterine Cancer
“Neuroendocrine Tumor of the Uterine Cervix: A Therapeutic Challenge for Gynecologic Oncologists” (2017), by Angiolo Gadducci, Silvestro Carinelli, and Giovanni Aletti
By: Alexis Darby
| Published: Apr 16, 2022
In 2017, Angiolo Gadducci, Silvestro Carinelli, and Giovanni Aletti published, "Neuroendocrine Tumor of the Uterine Cervix: A Therapeutic…
LiteratureCervical CancerCancerUterine Cervical NeoplasmsNeoplasms
“What Can We Do About Cancer? The Most Vital and Insistent Question in the Medical World” (1913), by Samuel Hopkins Adams
By: Alexis Darby
| Published: Aug 02, 2021
In 1913, journalist Samuel Hopkins Adams published “What Can We Do About Cancer? The Most Vital and Insistent Question in the Medical World,”…
LiteratureCervix uteri--CancerBreast--Cancer--Patients--CareBreast--Cancer--Patients--Counseling ofBreast--Cancer--Surgery
Loop Electrosurgical Excision Procedure (LEEP)
By: Alexis Darby
| Published: Apr 16, 2022
TechnologyCervical CancerCancerCervixUterine Cervical Neoplasms
Richard Doll (1912–2005)
By: Phil Gaetano
| Published: Sep 20, 2017
Richard Doll was an epidemiologist and public figure in the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Working primarily at the University of Oxford…
Tobacco UseCigarette SmokingCarcinogenesisLung Cancersmoking
Amanda Sims Memorial Fund (1930–1935)
By: Alexis Darby
| Published: Sep 08, 2020
In 1930, physician Joseph Colt Bloodgood founded the Amanda Sims Memorial Fund, or the ASMF, a United States cancer awareness organization that…
OrganizationCervix uteri--CancerCervical CancerWomen's health servicesWomen's health services--United States