The land of Africa is the second largest continent in the world in both square mileage and population. Thus, it also has widespread disease and in turn, is a huge testing bed for new medications and procedures. This week Merck and Qiagen NV have announced collaboration in Rwanda to battle cervical cancer. Rwanda will be […]
Alternative Gardasil dosing schedules effective
By Nicole Blazek Patients that were administered the three-dose quadrivalent human papillomavirus vaccine (Gardasil, Merck) with longer intervals between each dose had similar immune responses to those administered the vaccine on a standard dosing schedule, new data indicate. “Clinicians can be reassured that if delays occur in administering the second and third doses of this […]
Updates on the management of cervical pre-cancer discussed at Obs-Gyne expo
Currently cervical cancer accounts for 10% of all cancers worldwide, ranking as the third most commonly diagnosed cancer in the world. According to Prof. F. Xavier Bosch from the Cancer Epidemiology and Research Program at the Catalan Institute of Oncology in Barcelona, the idea that the MENA region is at low risk from gynaecological cancers […]
A little protection can be a dangerous thing
By Jacky Jones SECOND OPINION: HPV vaccination programme makes no economic sense, writes JACKY JONES THE HSE is offering a new human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccination programme to young girls in first and second year at secondary school. The organisation plans to immunise more than 46,000 girls in 2011, at a cost of €4 million. Does […]
Mafraq Hospital Launches Outreach Campaign to Educate Young Women about Cervical Cancer
– Cervical cancer ranked second most common cancer worldwide, but nearly all cases can be prevented – Fifty percent increase in Pap tests performed at Mafraq Hospital’s gynaecological clinic since campaign launched Abu Dhabi, UAE: April 3, 2011- Mafraq Hospital has recently launched an awareness campaign to educate young women about Cervical Cancer. […]
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