Authors: Diane M. Harper and Karen B. Williams 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 vaccination is an appropriate option for […]
From Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Detection to Cervical Cancer Prevention in Clinical Practice
Cervical Cancer Prevention Sin Hang Lee, Jessica S. Vigliotti, Veronica S. Vigliotti and William Jones Abstract: The newly gained knowledge of the viral etiology in cervical carcinogenesis has prompted industrial interests in developing virology-based tools for cervical cancer prevention. Due to the long incubation period from viral infection to developing an invasive cancer, a process whose […]
Cervical Cancer Prevention: Are you a medical consumer or a medical test subject?
Cervical Cancer Prevention By Norma Erickson On 17 Sept 2013, the following headline appeared in the UK Daily Mail, “Grandmother, 55, died from cervical cancer after her GP dismissed her symptoms as the MENOPAUSE.” The article, written by Anna Hodgekiss explains the circumstances surrounding the tragedy. This woman knew something was wrong, visited her doctor multiple […]
HPV Vaccines: A Human Rights Violation?
Human Rights By K Paul Stoller, MD*, FACHM Cervical cancer, the second-most common cancer in young women, is particularly prone to be found in the down trodden and in impoverished countries. But this is no endorsement for Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccines. In fact this is about revealing that HPV vaccines were created for only one […]
HPV vaccination as a national health priority: no easy answers
National Health By Anita Jain, India editor, BMJ (open access commentary) The path (no pun intended) to adoption of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine is mired in controversy again. Back in 2010, an HPV vaccine study conducted in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat by the international non-profit Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH) […]
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