The Times of India Rema Nagarajan, TNN, Apr 23, 2011, 06.42am IST About 14,000 girls, aged between 10 and 14 years in the Khammam district of Andhra Pradesh were vaccinated with the human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine as part of a study on the efficacy of the vaccine against cervical cancer last year. These girls […]
HPV Grabs You by the Throat
Spinnaker University of Northern Florida Oral Sex now major concern in causes of throat cancer 24 Mar 2011 Members of the UNF Health Promotion staff believe the rise in throat cancer can be attributed to a change in our culture’s view of oral sex. Scientists across the country are finding oral sex causes throat cancer […]
Human papillomavirus vaccine trials in India
The Lancet Volume 377, Issue 9767, Page 719, 26 February 2011 doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60270-5 Amit Sengupta a, Anjali Shenoi b, NB Sarojini c, Y Madhavi d SAMA (Sama Resource Group for Women and Health, Malviya Nagar, New Delhi India) Letter to the Editor in Response to Recent Lancet Article: Heidi Larson and colleagues in their Comment,1 and […]
Panel finds deficiencies in HPV vaccine project
Hindu Times By Aarti Dhar, Hindu Times February 8, 2011 Interim report falls short of fixing responsibility. The three-member committee, set up to probe the alleged irregularities in conducting studies using human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine by PATH in India, has identified several deficiencies in the planning and implementation of the project leading “to a crisis […]
Kenya: Early Tests Can Reduce Cervical Cancer Deaths
AllAfrica.com
Gatonye Gathura
30 December 2010
Nairobi — As the year ends tonight, almost 2,000 women will have died from cervical cancer in the last 12 months.
Cervical cancer, mainly caused by a sexually transmitted virus, attacks some 2,454 women annually but only about 700 survive.
While breast cancer leads in newly diagnosed cases annually, it has higher survival rates compared to cancer of the cervix, a year-end review reveals.
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