Girls who have the cervical cancer jab may only need screening twice in their lifetime, an expert said today. The Telegraph United Kingdom Rebecca Smith, Health Editor 7:30AM GMT 10 Nov 2010 Cervical cancer should become a “rare disease” thanks to the introduction of the vaccine, said Professor Peter Sasieni, from Queen Mary, University of […]
Nobel Laureate, Dr. Harald zur Hausen, on HPV and ‘cancer’ vaccines
Many media sources claim anyone questioning vaccines is either ignorant and/or paying attention only to ‘junk’ science. Perhaps some of these ‘sources’ will listen to the man who won the Nobel Prize in Medicine for the discovery of HPV. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRLog (Press Release) – Nov 06, 2010– In 2008, half of the […]
S.A.N.E. Vax, Inc. Urges the NCI and FDA to Establish a Reliable HPV Genotyping Test for Virology-Based Cervical Cancer Prevention in Patient Care
Yahoo Finance Press Release Source: S.A.N.E. Vax, Inc. On Monday November 8, 2010, 8:00 am EST TROY, Mont.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– In a letter addressed to Dr. Harold E. Varmus, director of the NCI, and Dr. Margaret Hamburg, FDA commissioner, Ms. Norma Erickson, president of S.A.N.E. Vax, Inc., requested that these two federal agencies recommend a reliable […]
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 […]
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 […]