The committee proposes replacing Pap smears with an equally invasive but less conclusive test, the HPV test, when women reach the age of 25.
The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday took the rare step of urging doctors to stop performing a surgical procedure used on tens of thousands of women each year to remove uterine growths, saying the practice risks spreading hidden cancers within a woman’s body.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday advised doctors to stop using power morcellators in women’s abdomens to remove uterine growths called fibroids, citing the risk of spreading cancer.
We thank FDA for discouraging surgeons from using an FDA-approved device for women with uterine fibroids.
BY ANDREW POLLACK, THE NEW YORK TIMES MARCH 12, 2014 The Pap test, a ritual for women that has been the mainstay of cervical cancer prevention for 60 years, may be about to play a less crucial role. A federal advisory committee recommended unanimously on Wednesday that a DNA test developed by Roche be approved for […]
the FDA has already made a decision that could potentially harm thousands of patients. The agency just approved a new diabetes medication that doesn’t noticeably improve health but may in fact cause cancer.