March 21, 2019, MedScape 

Researchers have developed a simple, noninvasive, point-of-care paper test that measures misfolded proteins in a woman's urine and looks set to improve the diagnosis of preeclampsia. 

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March 19, 2019, MedPage Today 

HONOLULU -- Two early trials of novel combinations showed promising clinical activity in gynecologic cancers at a late-breaking abstract session at the Society of Gynecologic Oncology (SGO) meeting here. 

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March 19, 2019, MedPage Today  

Unconscious biases held by some clinicians about cervical cancer and the HPV vaccine could negatively impact quality of care and outcomes for patients, new research suggests. 

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March 19, 2019, MedPage Today 

Lack of response to a PARP inhibitor in epithelial ovarian cancer didn't necessarily mean patients were resistant to all such agents, a small retrospective study indicated. 

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March 18, 2019, MedPage Today  

Use of brachytherapy within 8 weeks improved survival for women with locally advanced cervical cancer, but this happened in just over a third of cases, and certain patient groups were less likely to receive the standard therapy at all, a pair of National Cancer Data Base (NCDB) studies found. 

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March 15, 2019, MedPage  Today 

Second trimester abortions became more common following the implementation of Texas House Bill 2, which dramatically restricted abortions in the state, researchers found. 

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March 14, 2019, Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center  

Researchers with The Ohio State University College of Medicine, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and Nationwide Children’s Hospital have found that a simple urine test can rapidly detect one of the world’s deadliest pregnancy-related conditions, which could have a major impact on global health.  

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March 13, 2019, CNN via WebMD 

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has given its blessing to the first immunotherapy regimen for breast cancer. The combination of immunotherapy (Tecentriq) and chemotherapy (Abraxane) was given accelerated approval for triple-negative breast cancer that is locally advanced or has spread, cannot be surgically removed, and has cells that have a protein called PD-L1, CNN reported.

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March 13, 2019, UDaily  

Two University of Delaware researchers have developed a new approach to attack cancer, using two light-activated treatments that appear to be more effective together than when applied independently. More research is needed, but the findings point to promising new approaches against an especially challenging kind of cancer — triple negative breast cancer — which was the focus of their recent studies.  

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March 13, 2019, Duke Cancer Institute  

A vaccine developed by Duke Cancer Institute researchers has shown early promise in targeting the HER2 protein that fuels a deadly form of breast cancer. In a phase 1 clinical trial that enrolled 22 women with recurrent cancers that over express the HER2 protein, the vaccine demonstrated an ability to halt tumor growth, and improve survival for a subset of patients. A phase 2 trial is being planned at Duke. 

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