$10-million study explores men's role in transmitting HPV
Tampa, FL (Feb. 1, 2005) In the largest grant ever to a Cancer Control and Prevention researcher at the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, the National Institutes of Health awarded $10 million to Anna Giuliano, Ph.D., to help determine men's roles in spreading the human papillomavirus (HPV), which causes deadly cervical cancer in women.... ...The grant is the largest of its kind...HPV vaccine shown effective at reducing cancer-causing infections
A vaccine that could reduce cervical cancer rates by 75 percent is safe and 95 percent effective, according to a study of 1,113 women in North America and Brazil....... . ...... "This study provides objective evidence that this vaccine will work, it's going to save lives and will have a major impact on women's health care," says Dr. Da...HPV vaccine shown to 'substantially' reduce cervical cancer
LEBANON, NH An international clinical trial directed by Dr. Diane Harper of Norris Cotton Cancer Center at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) and Dartmouth Medical School has shown extremely promising results for a vaccine against the most common causes of cervical cancer.... ...Writing in the lead article of this week's issue of The Lancet, Harper and her fellow authors said the vaccine...HPV in skin of psoriasis patients treated with medication and UV light therapy
CHICAGO Patients with psoriasis who have been treated with a combination of drug (psoralen) and ultraviolet light therapy have an increased prevalence of human papilloma virus (HPV) in their skin, according to an article in the March issue of , one of the JAMA/Archives journals....... According to the article, treatment of psoriasis with the drug psorlaen plus ultraviolet A light therapy (PUVA)...HPV testing helps identify potential cases of cervical cancer, meta-analysis suggests
A test for infection with human papillomavirus (HPV) can more accurately predict whether a woman with an equivocal cervical abnormality found on a Pap smear is likely to develop invasive cancer compared with a repeat Pap smear, according to a meta-analysis in the February 18 issue of the .... ...Almost all cases of cervical cancer are caused by infection with HPV. Cervical abnormalities that are...HPV linked to cervical lesions
Infection with humanpapillomavirus (HPV) is linked to an increased likelihood of cervical lesions in women, finds a study in this week's BMJ. The study, which involved over 10,000 women, found that those who were HPV positive had a significantly increased risk of developing low and high grade cervical lesions compared to women who did not have the virus. ... ...10,758 women aged between 20 and 29...Long-term use of oral contraceptives could increase risk of cervical cancer for women with HPV
Women who are positive for the sexually transmitted human papillomavirus (HPV) could be at a three times greater risk of cervical cancer if they have used oral contraceptives for five years or longer, suggest authors of a study in this weeks issue of THE LANCET. However, there is no evidence that long-term oral-contraceptive use increases the risk of cervical cancer in the absence of HPV.... ...T...