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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.
People in the world’s poorest regions have not benefited equally from the recent advancements made in cancer screening, prevention and treatment.
Addressing these gaps in the vaccination programme will ensure more people are being protected against the type of cancer.
For decades, US schools have been common sites for vaccine clinics to respond to outbreaks and provide catch-up immunizations. So why are they suddenly controversial?
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?
Everyone will benefit from wider HPV vaccinations.
Why it is now realistic to talk about eliminating cervical cancer altogether.
Prevention against cervical cancer is the main aim of the Gardasil vaccine. But HPV is also linked to a large proportion of anal, vaginal and head and neck cancers.
Smear tests are no fun for women, and the HPV vaccine and better screening will offer better protection from cancer and fewer trips to the women.
A new study shows that anal cancer, caused by the virus HPV, can be successfully fought in HIV-positive men by timely treatment and HPV vaccination of lesions that may ultimately lead to cancer.
A new study has found rates of genital warts have decreased significantly since the HPV vaccine was introduced.
A vaccine to prevent cancer was long a dream for those who treat the disease. But fewer than half of all girls and even fewer boys have been vaccinated. Cancer specialists hope this will soon change.
Of women who die from cervical cancer, 87% live in poor countries.
Developing brand new treatments and cures isn’t the only way to achieve a major reduction in cancer deaths worldwide.
The best way to prevent head and neck cancers, which are more common in men, is to get the HPV vaccine. It’s free for boys and girls aged 12 and 13.
Individual stories of perceived vaccine harms can undermine trust in vaccine safety, even if people don’t believe the vaccine was to blame.
Tucked away in the budget papers is an intitiative worthy of applause – the establishment of an adult immunisation register and the expansion of the childhood register to include adolescents.
Ask anyone about Human Papillomavirus, or HPV, and they will probably tell you that it is linked to cervical cancer. If they are a teenage girl living in the UK, they will know this as they will have been…
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