Oncology & Cancer
'Biggest killer' cancer thwarted by home tests, AI
Ugandan street vendor Saudah Namutebi found out about cervical cancer one day when she was listening to the radio.
Dec 21, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Gains in HPV vaccination coverage after interventions sustainable for several years
Approximately 45,300 Human papillomavirus (HPV)-related cancers occur in the U.S. every year. HPV vaccination has the potential to prevent up to 80 percent of these cancers. While raising HPV vaccination rates has been a ...
Dec 20, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Achieving an 80% HPV vaccination rate could eliminate nearly 1 million cases of male oropharyngeal cancer this century
A nationwide effort to adequately vaccinate 8 in 10 adolescents against the human papillomavirus (HPV) could prevent 934,000 cases of virus-associated, male oropharyngeal cancer over this century, reported investigators at ...
Dec 15, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
HPV vaccine cuts cervical cancer cases by almost 90%, but one in ten girls still haven't been vaccinated
A vaccine to protect against human papillomavirus (HPV) has been found to cut cases of cervical cancer by nearly 90%, according to a recent study published in The Lancet.
Nov 5, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Cervical cancer screening uptake, adherence poor for young women
(HealthDay)—A substantial proportion of women who were not vaccinated for human papillomavirus (HPV) never received cervical cancer screening or were not up to date on screening recommendations in 2019, according to a research ...
Nov 4, 2021
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Vaccination
Hesitancy over the HPV vaccine has stabilized or risen in some subgroups
A study that tracked parental opinion about the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine showed that after hesitancy decreased for several years, hesitancy has now either stabilized or increased in some ethnic and age groups, according ...
Oct 6, 2021
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Vaccination
Parents increasingly cite safety concerns in HPV vaccine refusal
(HealthDay)—Between 2015 and 2018, there was a 79.9 percent increase in the proportion of parents who refused the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine for their adolescents owing to safety concerns, according to a study published ...
Sep 20, 2021
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Medical research
Cervical cancer rates stable or trending down in countries with effective screening measures
A recent trend analysis indicates that cervical cancer incidence and mortality rates have remained stable or are dropping in most countries across the globe. These rates differ based on each country's socioeconomic development ...
Aug 9, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
8 things to know about hepatitis C
There's a good reason why hepatitis C is known as a "silent killer."
Jul 20, 2021
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Vaccination
HPV vaccine has a significant impact even if not universal
Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines applied in national vaccination programs protect against most cancers associated with oncogenic, high-risk (hr) HPV types. Two recent studies demonstrate the impact of gender-neutral HPV ...
Jun 14, 2021
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