International studies show high efficacy for HPV vaccine
A new vaccine aimed at preventing cervical cancer is nearly 100 percent effective against the...papillomavirus (HPV) responsible for most cases of cervical cancerstrains 16 and 18. Results of an international meta-analysis study of the vaccine are publishe...Papillomavirus vaccine could substantially reduce cervical cancer incidence
... substantially reduce the incidence of HPV related cervical cancer and precancers, conclude authors of an Arti...had sex, the vaccine was 99% effective in stopping cervical cancer (adenocarcinoma in situ), and pre-cancerous lesions. When data from women who could have bee...Researchers use MRI to predict recovery after spinal cord injury
...ehlings study included 100 patients with traumatic cervical SCI. The group consisted of 79 men and 21 women between the ages of 17 and 96. Complete motor and sensory SCI was seen in 26 patients, incomplete SCI was seen in 51 patients, and 22 patients were neurologically intact upon admission. One patient coul...Dentists need more training in oral cancer detection
... The death rate for oral cancer is higher than for cervical cancer; Hodgkin's disease; and cancer of the brain, liver, testes, kidney or skin (malignant melanoma). Early detection is essential in increasing the survival rate for oral cancer. Symptoms include a mouth sore that fails to heal or that bleeds ea...Commercializing university research -- Hopping robots, liquid shoes, electricity from heat
...ma virus (HPV) typing assay for early screening of cervical cancer."Cervical cancer is almost always caused by...t. While the country has seen a 70 percent drop in cervical cancer over the past five decades, better tests are needed. HPV genotyping is a potential replacemen...Study shows continued success for new HPV vaccine against virus responsible for cervical cancer
A new vaccine aimed at preventing cervical cancer is nearly 100 percent effective against the...papillomavirus (HPV) responsible for most cases of cervical cancer. Results of a nationwide study of the vaccine will be published in the May 9 issue of the New...HPV infection linked to throat cancers
...gh HPV detection is now added to the Pap smear for cervical cancer screening, there are no screening methods for oral cancers besides visual inspection during annual dental visits. But Gillison says that its still too early to recommend including HPV detection in oral cancer screening. Along with an anony...$10M grant to VCU to develop new cancer treatments
...esearchers will begin accruing patients with lung, cervical or prostate cancer to participate in the IGART project. They expect to enroll about 25 patients from each cancer type for the first two years of study.Using state-of-the-art technologies that provide images to guide the delivery of radiation doses, r...Warts vaccine -- 1 of many in pipeline
... aim to use a tweaked version of Professor Frazers cervical cancer vaccine to treat genital warts. Professor Frazer said this vaccine could be one of the first made locally at the biopharmaceutical production centre, which received $100 million in last nights Federal Budget. The centre, called the Transla...Girls born with HIV infection at higher risk for cervical problems
... are experiencing a higher number than expected of cervical abnormalities, a new study finds. Researchers mo...birth. Nearly 50 percent of the girls had abnormal cervical cells. We have already seen this in HIV-infected women, said lead author, Susan Brogly, Ph.D., of ...Cancer vaccine innovator honored with prestigious Florey Medal
...t underway in Vanuatu to establish how effectively cervical cancer can be controlled in the developing world, ...he late Dr Jian Zhou. The study will also guide cervical cancer prevention strategies in resource poor settings and test the utility of delivering the vaccin......ith choroidal melanoma and the other in women with cervical cancer....Colon cancer screening -- Going 'Back To The Future'?
... rates continue to lag behind those for breast and cervical cancer. In an editorial in the Feb. 20 edition of the Annals of Internal Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine gastroenterologist and Regenstrief Institute, Inc. researcher Thomas Imperiale, M.D., writes that to increase screening rates fo...Aging population is causing major increase in the cancer burden warn experts
... as screening, exist to reduce deaths from breast, cervical and colorectal cancer, while the incidence of lung...d Eastern European countries if efficient national cervical cancer screening programmes were in place," said Prof Boyle. He concluded: "The increased burden o...Temple University Hospital investigates treatment for cervical dysplasia
... effectiveness of an investigational treatment for cervical dysplasia. According to the American Cancer Societ...mately 500,000 women are diagnosed with high-grade cervical dysplasia each year, with roughly 10,000 cases progressing to cervical cancer. For numerous women ...Male circumcision reduces HIV risk, study stopped early
..., fewer urinary tract infections, and less risk of cervical cancer in the partners of circumcised men." The armamentarium of HIV prevention strategies is very small, according to Bailey. The only other strategy proven effective is the use of antiretroviral drugs to reduce transmission from mother to child....Key to avoiding whiplash injury may lie in head restraint positioning
... Whiplash injuries affect the soft tissues of the cervical spine (e.g., ligaments and intervertebral discs) a...rted neck injuries. Dr. Stemper has investigated cervical spine ligament stretch during whiplash by comparing increasing distances between the back of the hea...Frazer welcomes Federal Government decision on Gardasil
...papillomavirus (HPV) which cause genital warts and cervical cancer. The vaccine is distributed in Australia ... that Dr Jian Zhou and I helped develop to prevent cervical cancer," Professor Frazer said. "Im also pleased that the appropriate processes have been followed...Maximizing womens' health benefits when resources are limited
...would benefit from a once in-a-lifetime screen for cervical cancer, a leading cause of cancer death for this population. If a screening strategy for cervical cancer were introduced, it might provide a good opportunity to offer women other health checks, but ...