Outpatient visits, screening and diagnostic services, and child immunisation were particularly negatively affected.
Cancer-causing viruses like HPV can cause cells to divide indefinitely and, in the case of Henrietta Lacks, become immortal.
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The immortal cancer cells of Henrietta Lacks revolutionized the fields of science, medicine and bioethics. And they still survive today, more than 70 years after her death.
Cancer groundshot highlights that investment in improving access to treatments already proven to work saves more lives than discovery of a new treatment.
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Globally, most cancer patients die not because they don’t have access to newer drugs, but because they don’t have access to even basic treatments. Cancer groundshot aims to improve treatment access.
People in the world’s poorest countries have not benefited equally from the recent advancements made in cancer.
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Only 6,000 women used self-collection in cervical screening between 2017 and 2019, out of about one million women eligible. We need to boost those numbers if we’re ever to eliminate cervical cancer.
The HPV vaccine is an effective primary prevention measure for cervical cancer.
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Researchers have found a way to encourage cervical cancer screenings and vaccinations in Korean American women. Might their findings also work in other underrepresented populations?