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Cervical Cancer Prevention Should Focus On Vaccinating Adolescent Girls, Report Says
August 20, 2008 The cost-effectiveness of vaccination in the US against human papillomavirus, a sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer, will be optimized by achieving universal vaccine coverage in ... > full story -
Measuring Cancer Therapy Success With Oxygen
August 5, 2008 Scientists have identified a way to predict very early in the treatment process the outcome of radiation and chemotherapy for cervical cancer patients -- based on oxygen levels within the ... > full story -
Only One In Five Women In Developing World Receive Effective Cervical Cancer Screening
June 16, 2008 Few women in the developing world are screened effectively for cervical cancer and those at highest risk of developing the disease are among the least likely to be screened, accordingly a new ... > full story -
New Study Shows Potential To Treat Or Prevent Viral Cancers
June 16, 2008 A new study shows that radioimmunotherapy targeting viral antigens offers a novel option to treat -- or even prevent -- many viral cancers by targeting cancer cells expressing viral antigens or ... > full story -
Cancer Incidence And Mortality In Young People Decreases With Increasing Deprivation
June 9, 2008 Results of research into the associations between cancer and socio-economic deprivation and affluence have shown that, in contrast to cancers in older people, the numbers of new cases and deaths from ... > full story -
New Study Firms Up Promise Of Potential New Cervical Cancer Screening Tool
May 21, 2008 New research into the causes of cervical cancer appears to lend weight to the promise of a potential early detection method that could help prevent the ... > full story -
HPV Testing Offers Women Protection For Twice As Long As Smear Testing
May 14, 2008 The long term findings of a study carried out at Hammersmith hospital reveal that testing for human papilloma virus can be twice as effective at protecting women from developing cervical ... > full story -
Groundbreaking Methodology For Identify Cancerous Cells
May 9, 2008 Recognizing the distinction between healthy and cancerous cells has traditionally been up to the eye of highly-trained cytologists and pathologists. While the majority of the resulting diagnoses are ... > full story -
Mothers Less Likely To Pursue HPV Vaccination For Youngest Daughters
May 4, 2008 Because the first national study of its kind has found that US mothers report they are less likely to vaccinate daughters under age 13 against human papillomavirus virus, even though the vaccine is ... > full story -
Review Of Cervical Cancer Screening Program Shows Effectiveness And Room For Improvement
April 29, 2008 Women who do not undergo regular cervical cancer screening tests are more likely to be diagnosed with the disease than those who do, according to an audit of the Swedish national cervical cancer ... > full story
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