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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.
Conventional, annual Pap smear cost-effective follow-up after cervical lesion treatment
Science News by administrator on October 21, 2010 (SACRAMENTO, Calif.) A study of the options for reducing cancer incidence and mortality among women who have been treated for precancerous cervical lesions found that an annual conventional Pap smear is a cost effective strategy. Joy Melnikow, professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine and […]
Human Papilloma Virus and Cancers
Health News for Americans October 12, 2010 By Sameera Mohotti (BSc, MSc, MD(MA)) In recent years, it has become clear that certain types of human cancers have a viral component to their etiology. Cancers due to Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) are most common among these. This has been a study of intense research for number […]