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Rebecca Perkins, MD, Obstetrician and Gynecologist and Investigator at the Woman, Mother and Baby Research Institute at Tufts Medical Center, in an article about an increase in HPV-related cancer in some U.S. women.

Meng Li, PhD, Researcher at the Center for the Evaluation of Value and Risk in Health at Tufts Medical Center, in an article about her new study, which found large disparities in the availability and timeliness of availability of new cancer drugs.

Abhishek Chatterjee, MD, Chief of Plastic Surgery at Tufts Medical Center, in an article about Tufts MC’s adoption of a new breast cancer surgery technology.

Supriya Rao, MD, Gastroenterologist and Medical Director of the Obesity Medicine Program at Lowell General Hospital, in an article about whether DNA changes in people with inflammatory bowel diseases can help identify bowel cancer.

John Wong, MD, Chief of Clinical Decision Making and Primary Care Physician at Tufts Medical Center, in an article about a new U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation that women should have the option to self-screen for cervical cancer, starting at age 30.

Jenny Ruan, MD, Obstetrician and Gynecologist at Tufts Medical Center, in an article about a new at-home cervical cancer screening technology that could help reduce racial disparities.

Regular mammograms to screen for breast cancer should start younger, at age 40, according to an influential U.S. task force.

Lilian Chen, MD, Chief of the Division of Colon & Rectal Surgery at Tufts Medical Center, in an article about a new study, which found that colonoscopy remains the gold standard for colon cancer diagnosis, despite new blood tests that screen for the disease.

Q&A with Andreas Klein, MD, Interim Chief of the Division of Hematology and Oncology at Tufts Medical Center, about a new NCI study on cancer in Asian Americans.

Suriya Jeyapalan, MD, Neuro-Oncologist at Tufts Medical Center, in an article about an Antiques Roadshow star who was diagnosed with a deadly form of brain cancer.

Q&A with Sam Nardello, MD, Surgical Breast Oncologist at Tufts Medical Center and MelroseWakefield Hospital, about breast cancer in men.

Q&A with Farah Moustafa, MD, Dermatologist and Director of Laser and Cosmetics at Tufts Medical Center, about a recall of some acne cream products due to elevated levels of potentially cancer-causing benzene.