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THE pioneering Australian scientist who discovered a vaccine against cervical cancer is on the verge of creating the world’s first skin cancer vaccination.
Professor Ian Frazer, a former Australian of the Year, has revealed human trials of the vaccine will start next year – and it could be ready for widespread use as early as 2013.
New Screening Technique for Cervical Cancer
An Indian-origin researcher is developing a new screening technique for cervical cancer that would be more effective at spotting tumours early.
The new technique, developed by a team led by Nandita de Souza at the Institute of Cancer Research and London’s Royal Marsden Hospital, is called ‘diffusion weighted imaging’.
It significantly improves the level of contrast between […]
Chicago black women twice as likely to die of breast cancer
Black women in Chicago are more than twice as likely to die of breast cancer as white women, according to a new report that finds the racial gap is widening at an alarming rate.
The breast-cancer death rate for black women in Chicago was 116 percent higher than that of white women in 2005, the Metropolitan […]
Cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil can cause an allergic reaction
According to Australian researchers, the cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil can cause an allergic reaction in some girls.
Gardasil protects against the human papillomavirus (HPV) which is responsible for some cancers and in 2007 the Australian National Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Program meant the vaccine was offered free to all women aged 12-26 years.
Women gather in New York City to show support for cervical cancer prevention
Hundreds of women will join national non-profit organization, Tamika & Friends in New York City for its third Walk to Beat the Clock! to educate women and the men who care for them that cervical cancer is preventable. A first for the Manhattan community, the 4K walk will take place on Saturday, Sept. 13, at […]
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 […]
Could a Blood Transfusion be a Cure for Cancer ?
Could common white blood cells fight some of the most aggressive cancers? Researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center plan a human trial to find out.
They will take white blood cells called granulocytes from people whose granulocytes have shown a strong ability to fight cancer and transfuse those cells into cancer patients.
Such transfusions have […]
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 […]