Prevalence Mohammadreza Haghshenas1, Tahereh Golini-moghaddam2, Alireza Rafiei1, Omid Emadeian2, Ahmad Shykhpour1 and G Hossein Ashrafi3* Abstract Background Cervical cancer is the greater cause of cancer death in women in many developing countries. Persistent infection with human papilloma virus (HPV), primarily high risk types 16 and 18, is recognized as a causal and essential factor for the development of cervical cancer. We […]
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HPV Vaccines: Practical or Empty Promises?
Practical or Empty [SaneVax: How are government health officials supposed to make sound decisions regarding HPV vaccine campaigns when all of the facts are not in? How much present risk is acceptable in the quest to try and prevent the possibility of future disease? Each unanswered question means less risk is acceptable. When injecting a healthy […]
HPV prevalence and genetic predisposition to cervical cancer in Saudi Arabia
Genetic Predisposition Corresponding author: Ghazi Alsbeih galsbeih@kfshrc.edu.sa Background Cervical cancer incidence is low in Saudi Arabian women, suggesting low prevalence to HPV infection due to environmental, cultural and genetic differences. Therefore, we investigated HPV prevalence and genotype distribution in cervical cancer as well as the association with 9 genetic single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs): CDKN1A (p21) C31A, TP53 C72G, ATM G1853A, HDM2promoter T309G, HDM2 A110G, LIG4 A591G, XRCC1 G399A, XRCC3 C241T and TGFβ1 T10C, […]
My Daughter and Cervarix: Suffering I Cannot Take Away
Suffering By Christine Townsend At one point or another, every parent in the world makes a decision they regret. Who could have predicted that an attempt to protect my daughter from cervical cancer via HPV vaccination would turn our lives into a constant battle to regain her health and maintain her right to an education? […]
HPV Vaccines: Japan demonstrates their commitment to vaccine safety
Commitment By Norma Erickson Will Japan be the first country to call a halt to one of the largest human health experiments in the history of mankind? HPV vaccines have been approved for use in Japan since early 2010. However, the government did not officially recommend their administration until April of 2013 when four new […]
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