Vaccine Truth by Christina England November 15, 2010 A few days ago, the Daily Express ran an article which stated that cancer expert Professor Peter Sasieni recommended phasing out smear tests in favour of HPV testing. The opening statement in Victoria Fletcher’s article ‘New Cancer Check To Phase Out Smear Tests’ (http://www.express.co.uk/posts/…)read : “SMEAR tests […]
NEW CANCER CHECK ‘TO PHASE OUT SMEAR TESTS
Express.co.uk Wednesday November 10,2010 By Victoria Fletcher, Health Editor SMEAR tests for cervical cancer should be phased out for all women, a top expert said. Instead a less frequent test should be used to look for signs of the HPV virus that triggers the illness. And at the same time a vaccination programme could mean […]
S.A.N.E. Vax, Inc. Urges the NCI and FDA to Establish a Reliable HPV Genotyping Test for Virology-Based Cervical Cancer Prevention in Patient Care
Yahoo Finance Press Release Source: S.A.N.E. Vax, Inc. On Monday November 8, 2010, 8:00 am EST TROY, Mont.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– In a letter addressed to Dr. Harold E. Varmus, director of the NCI, and Dr. Margaret Hamburg, FDA commissioner, Ms. Norma Erickson, president of S.A.N.E. Vax, Inc., requested that these two federal agencies recommend a reliable […]
NHS screening change ‘would cut smears’
BBC News 9 November 2010 By Michelle Roberts Health reporter, BBC News Women would need far fewer smears if the NHS switched to a new way of screening for cervical cancer, a Cancer Research UK scientist has said. Good uptake of the HPV vaccine that can prevent the cancer means we can now start to […]
Gardasil in the Developing World
University of Queensland
Researchers at the University of Queensland Diamantina Institute have confirmed through a study in Vanuatu that a test for human papilloma virus (HPV) could help control cervical cancer in developing countries.
Early detection has proven essential in controlling cervical cancer risk in developed countries where screening programs have reduced the prevalence of the disease by about 75%. Yet cervical cancer remains the second most common cancer in women and causes approximately 275,000 deaths worldwide each year. Due to severely limited access to adequate screening, the brunt of this mortality will be borne by women in developing countries where more than 80% of new cases occur each year.
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