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Advanced-stage cervical cancer is rising in the United States among White and Black women, according to a new study in the International Journal of Gynecological Cancer.
email article The use of topical imiquimod was found to effectively promote regression of precancerous cervical lesions, according to a phase II randomized controlled trial. In a per-protocol population of women with high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (HSIL) of the cervix, histologic regression of lesions was observed in 60.5% of patients receiving weekly treatment with imiquimod compared with just 22.5% in the control group ( P=0.001), resulting in a number needed to treat (NNT) of 2.63, reported Bruno O. Fonseca, MD, of Barretos Cancer Hospital in São Paulo, Brazil, and coll...