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Cervical Cancer Prevention Should Focus On Vaccinating Adolescent Girls
The cost-effectiveness of vaccination in the United States against human papillomavirus (HPV), a sexually-transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer, will be optimized by achieving universal vaccine coverage in young adolescent girls, by targeting initial “catch-up” efforts to vaccinate women younger than 21 years of age, and by revising current screening policies, according to an analysis […]
Breast Cancer Vaccine Test at Wake Forest University Hospital
Center are testing a new breast cancer vaccine.
The trials are being held at the hospital at Wake Forest University.
Carolann Adcock said she’s always been adamant about getting her yearly checkups.
“On my 60th birthday, I did what I do every year on my birthday: some regular preventative care,” she said. “I got my teeth cleaned, and […]
Cuba’s Center of Molecular Immunology Approved Lung Cancer Vaccine
Cuba has approved what is believed to be the world’s first registered lung cancer vaccine.
Researchers at Cuba’s Center of Molecular Immunology announced this week that the therapeutic vaccine CimVax EGF extends life with few side effects.
The drug has been approved for clinical trials in the United States, but its use there is at least two […]
Generex Bio Sign Agreement with Mayo Clinic Advance an Immunotherapeutic Vaccine
Antigen Express, Inc., the wholly-owned immunotherapeutics subsidiary of Generex Biotechnology Corporation, has signed a second collaboration agreement with the Mayo Clinic.
Antigen Express previously entered into an agreement with the Mayo Clinic to work with Dr Keith Knutson, a leader in the field of peptide vaccines in breast cancer. The current agreement focuses on advancing an […]
New Investment for Vaccine Research and Development
An international partnership that funds vaccines for children in poor countries will decide whether to also start investing in vaccinations to protect adult women.
The board of the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI), which is backed by the Gates Foundation, is meeting in Geneva on a proposed $3.5 billion vaccine investment strategy specifying diseases […]
Cervical Cancer a Silent Killer
Till two years back, Sharada Devi’s world revolved around her four children and husband. It was a mundane existence, but Sharada Devi was happy. When she started bleeding in between her menstrual periods, she did not panic.
As the bleeding continued, the local doctor asked her to go to Delhi for treatment. She was clueless […]
Cuba Approves, Makes Available Lung Cancer Vaccine
Cuban scientists said on Tuesday the first vaccine to extend lives of lung cancer patients has been approved by Cuban authorities for use and is available in the island’s hospitals.
The drug, CimaVax EGF, has been shown to increase survival rates on average four to five months and much longer in some patients, they said in […]
Colon Cancer Vaccine on the Horizon
Researchers hope that a protein found in the intestines could lead to the discovery of a vaccine for colon cancer, Reuters reported Tuesday.
A study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute detailed how mice were immunized with the protein and subsequently infected with colon tumors.
These mice had fewer tumors spread to the lung […]
Merck’s Not Approve Application Cervical Cancer Vaccine to Expand Marketing
U.S. regulators have told Merck & Co they cannot yet approve Merck’s application to expand marketing of its cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil to an older group of women, the drugmaker said on Wednesday.
Merck had applied for the use of Gardasil in women ages 27 through 45. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said in […]