[Article in Spanish] Alvarez-Soria MJ, Hernandez-Gonzalez A, Carrasco-Garcia de Leon S, Del Real-Francia MA, Gallardo-Alcaniz MJ, Lopez-Gomez JL. Source Hospital General de Ciudad Real, Ciudad Real, Espana. Abstract INTRODUCTION. Primary prevention by prophylactic vaccination against the major cause of cervical cancer, the carcinogenic human papillomavirus (HPV) types 16 and 18, is now available worldwide. Postlicensure […]
Prophylactic HPV Vaccines: Current Knowledge of Impact on Gynecological Premalignancies
Authors: Diane M. Harper/Karen B. Williams Published 3 July 2010, Discovery Medicine Abstract: Approaches for cervical cancer prevention are changing. Screening still remains the most effective method for cervical cancer prevention. Guidelines are moving to an older group of women to be screened less frequently with combinations of technologies that include biomarkers and cytology. HPV […]
HPV Vaccine: Debate Over Benefits, Marketing, and New Adverse Event Data
By: Zosia Chustecka August 18, 2009 — The benefit of vaccinating against human papilloma virus (HPV) to prevent cervical cancer is questioned in an editorial in the Journal of the American Medical Association. “The theory behind the vaccine is sound: if HPV infection can be prevented, cancer will not occur,” writes editorialist Charlotte Haug, MD, […]
Risk of miscarriage with bivalent vaccine against human papillomavirus (HPV) types 16 and 18
Sholom Wacholder, study statistician and principal investigator1, Bingshu Eric Chen, assistant professor2, Allen Wilcox, senior investigator3, George Macones, professor of obstetrics and gynaecology4, Paula Gonzalez, study co-investigator5, Brian Befano, senior programmer6, Allan Hildesheim, study investigator, principal investigator1, Ana Cecilia Rodríguez, study co-investigator5, Diane Solomon, study co-investigator7, Rolando Herrero, study principal investigator5, Mark Schiffman, study co-investigator, […]
Cervarix Information for the User
Read all of this leaflet carefully before you start receiving this vaccine. – Keep this leaflet. You may need to read it again. – If you have any further questions, ask your doctor or pharmacist. – This medicine has been prescribed for you. Do not pass it on to others. – If any of the […]
