Infectious Disease News Posted August 26, 2011 New vaccine provides ‘strong protection’ for anal cancer, and researchers discover that separate screening for HPV 16/18 may represent a more effective screening strategy. Results from two recently released studies show that researchers are seeing progress in preventing HPV-related anal cancer and in screening for HPV-related cervical cancer. […]
Question of Ethics
By T.K. Rajalakshmi The effectiveness of the HPV vaccine in preventing cervical cancer was tested without proper consent from vulnerable subjects. EARLY last year, an ambitious, population-based, post-licensure study of the effectiveness of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine to prevent cervical cancer conducted in selected districts of Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat by PATH, an international […]
Human papillomavirus vaccine trials in India
The Lancet Volume 377, Issue 9767, Page 719, 26 February 2011 doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60270-5 Amit Sengupta a, Anjali Shenoi b, NB Sarojini c, Y Madhavi d SAMA (Sama Resource Group for Women and Health, Malviya Nagar, New Delhi India) Letter to the Editor in Response to Recent Lancet Article: Heidi Larson and colleagues in their Comment,1 and […]
