Cancer Prevention 2008 Issue 10 Allan Hildesheim, Ph.D. Senior Investigator Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics National Cancer Institute Rockville, Maryland With licensure of the first prophylactic human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines, a new era in cervical cancer prevention has begun. The new vaccines add to the existing arsenal of prevention tools that can be used […]
HPV shot dilemma: Should gay boys be targeted?
MSNBC.com If you thought the controversy over giving the HPV vaccine to girls was heated, just wait for the fight about the boys. A government health panel is expected to vote soon on whether to recommend vaccinating boys and young men against the human papillomavirus. Since 2006, the vaccine has been advised in girls and […]
FDA Committee Supports Merck’s Gardasil For Anal Cancer Prevention
StockMarketsReview.com November 17, 2010 (RTTNews) – Drug maker Merck & Co. Inc. (MRK) said Wednesday that an U.S. Food and Drug Administration Advisory Commitee supported an approval for its human papillomavirus vaccine ‘Gardasil’, for prevention of anal cancer and anal intraepithelial neoplasia in both males and females aged 9 to 26 years. Merck said the […]
GlaxoSmithKline Influences Experts To Boost HPV Vaccine Sales
Vaccine Truth by Christina England November 15, 2010 A few days ago, the Daily Express ran an article which stated that cancer expert Professor Peter Sasieni recommended phasing out smear tests in favour of HPV testing. The opening statement in Victoria Fletcher’s article ‘New Cancer Check To Phase Out Smear Tests’ (http://www.express.co.uk/posts/…)read : “SMEAR tests […]
Girls went into shock after their cancer jab
Herald.ie Dublin By Clodagh Sheehy Tuesday November 16 2010 Two girls went into anaphylactic shock and two suffered seizures in an anti-cervical cancer vaccine programme that caused adverse reactions in 55 school children over six months. New figures show the number and details of reactions to Gardasil, the drug used in the schools’ immunisation programme. […]
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