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Cervical cancer
hideCervical cancer is malignant cancer of the cervix uteri or cervical area. It may present with vaginal bleeding but symptoms may be absent until the cancer is in its advanced stages. Treatment consists of surgery (including local excision) in early stages and chemotherapy and radiotherapy in advanced stages of the disease.
Pap smear screening can identify potentially precancerous changes. Treatment of high grade changes can prevent the development of cancer. In developed countries, the widespread use of cervical screening programs has reduced the incidence of invasive cervical cancer by 50% or more.[citation needed]
Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is a necessary factor in the development of nearly all cases of cervical cancer. HPV vaccine effective against the two strains of HPV that cause the most cervical cancer has been licensed in the U.S. and the EU. These two HPV strains together are currently responsible for approximately 70% of all cervical cancers. Since the vaccine only covers some high-risk types, women should seek regular Pap smear screening, even after vaccination.
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News tagged with cervical cancer
Prostate cancer may be caused by virus, study indicates
Sep 18, 2009 |
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Mounting evidence indicates that prostate cancer is an infectious disease caused by a recently identified virus.
One step closer to turning off cancer genes with gene-silencing
Jun 04, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at The University of Queensland have developed a way to deliver drugs which can specifically shut down cancer-causing genes in tumour cells while sparing normal healthy tissues.
New MRI technique may identify cervical cancer early
Oct 21, 2008 |
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Using high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with a special vaginal coil, a technique to measure the movement of water within tissue, researchers may be able to identify cervical cancer in its early stages, according ...
Link between nationality and cervical cancer
Sep 03, 2008 |
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Gynaecological screening tests for cervical cancer have been available to all women in Sweden for almost four decades. Despite this, many immigrant women have a higher risk of developing the disease than Swedish-born women, ...
UK official: Vaccine unlikely to have caused death
Medicine & Health / Medications
Sep 29, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A British health official said Tuesday that the sudden death of 14-year-old girl was very unlikely to have been caused by the vaccine she was given hours before she died.
Cervical cancer prevention should focus on vaccinating adolescent girls
Aug 21, 2008 |
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The cost-effectiveness of vaccination in the United States against human papillomavirus (HPV), a sexually-transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer, will be optimized by achieving universal vaccine coverage in young adolescent ...
Cancer screening fear is fueled by lack of information
Jun 11, 2009 |
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Fear plays a major role in whether women decide to go for cancer screening or not, but healthcare providers underestimate how much women need to know and wrongly assume that they will ask for information if they want it.
Scientists identify common HPV genotypes in northern India, encourage vaccination
Oct 11, 2009 |
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Although a wide spectrum of human papillomavirus is seen across the population of India, HPV-16 and HPV-18 are the most common types and a vaccination targeting these types could eliminate 75 percent of the cervical cancers ...
One disease, not one demographic
Oct 30, 2009 |
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The Asian continent has nearly four billion people living in 47 different countries, and each of these groups has their own unique set of health issues. But when they come to the United States, they're often lumped into one ...
FDA says Glaxo vaccine blocks cancer-causing virus
Sep 04, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A vaccine from GlaxoSmithKline successfully blocks the virus that causes most cases of cervical cancer, the Food and Drug Administration said Friday.
FDA: Merck's Gardasil stops genital warts in boys
Medicine & Health / Medications
Sep 04, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Merck's blockbuster vaccine Gardasil, which is already used to prevent cervical cancer in women, also stops viruses that cause genital warts in men, the Food and Drug Administration said Friday.
Papillomavirus silences innate immune response
Dec 03, 2009 |
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In the 1980s, Harald zur Hausen and his co-workers discovered that specific types of human papillomavirus (HPV) cause cervical cancer. Scientists soon found out how these pathogens cause cells to degenerate. ...
British girl dies after cervical cancer vaccine jab
Medicine & Health / Medications
Sep 29, 2009 |
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British drug giant GlaxoSmithKline said Tuesday it was working with health authorities here probing the death of a schoolgirl following a cervical cancer vaccination.
Fears of promiscuity pose barrier to cervical cancer vaccinations
Dec 17, 2008 |
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The public's concerns about costs and increased promiscuity among teenagers appear to be hindering use of a vaccine against the human papilloma virus (HPV) to prevent life-threatening diseases, according to a study by researchers ...
Both Latino and non-Latino women likely to accept HPV vaccination for selves and children
Mar 06, 2009 |
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Most women responding to a survey conducted at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) clinics indicated they would be willing to be vaccinated against the human papillomavirus (HPV) and to have their daughters and even sons ...
