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HeLa Cell Line
By: Rohini Nott
| Published: Sep 18, 2020
The HeLa cell line was the first immortal human cell line that George Otto Gey, Margaret Gey, and Mary Kucibek first isolated from Henrietta Lacks…
HeLa CellsContinuous cell linesResearch EthicsInformed consent (Medical law)Cervix uteri--Cancer
“Improved Treatment for Cervical Cancer – Concurrent Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy” (1999), by Gillian Thomas
By: Alexis Darby
| Published: Sep 09, 2020
On 15 April 1999, physician Gillian Thomas published the editorial “Improved Treatment for Cervical Cancer – Concurrent Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy…
LiteratureCervix uteri--CancerCervical CancerPelvisPapillomaviruses
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
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
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
Austin Bradford Hill (1897-1991)
By: Carolina Abboud
| Published: Jun 15, 2017
During the twentieth century, Austin Bradford Hill researched diseases and their causes in England and developed the Bradford Hill criteria, which…
EpidemiologyCervical CancerDiseasesCarcinoma, Squamous Cellenvironment
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
The Colposcope and Colposcopy (1925–1980)
By: Patsy Ciardullo
| Published: Mar 30, 2017
TechnologyColposcopyVagina--ExaminationColpomicroscopyPap Test
Harald zur Hausen's Experiments on Human Papillomavirus Causing Cervical Cancer (1976–1987)
By: Grace Kim
| Published: Mar 09, 2017
From 1977 to 1987, Harald zur Hausen led a team of researchers across several institutions in Germany to investigate whether the human papillomavirus…
PapillomavirusesHuman Papilloma VirusHerpes simplex virusCervix uteri--CancerCervical Cancer