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NCI Grant Launches Clinical Trials For Colon Cancer Screening
A Northwestern University biomedical engineer who has developed optical technology shown to be effective for the early detection of colon cancer has received a $7.5 million grant over five years from the National Cancer Institute to further study an instrument that potentially could become a routine colon cancer screening test and to launch large-scale clinical […]
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 […]
State Receives Grants For Breast Cancer Screening For The Uninsured
The Tennessee Department of Health’s Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Program has been awarded five one-year grants totaling $206,950 from Tennessee affiliates of Susan G. Komen for the Cure, an international organization dedicated to ending breast cancer.
Grants have been awarded in Davidson County, Knoxville, Chattanooga, the Tri-Cities area and Tennessee’s Upper Cumberland region to provide […]
Researchers Blame HPV For Rise In Throat Cancer
For five grueling months in 2006 and 2007, Carol Kanga suffered through treatment for a life-threatening case of throat cancer linked to an unlikely source: a sexually transmitted viral infection.
Unable to swallow food or water during chemotherapy and radiation treatment, Kanga was fed through a stomach tube. Her one respite came on Thanksgiving, when she […]
Researchers Report That Better Screening, Treatment, And Affordable Vaccines Can Prevent Doubling Of Cervical Cancer Deaths In Latin America
Thirty-three thousand women in Latin America and the Caribbean die each year of preventable cervical cancer, caused by a virus that infects 20 percent of men and women in the region and as many as 30 percent of the youngest women, according to a new study. Dramatic new opportunities offered by better screening, treatment and […]
Glaxo says cervical cancer vaccine works for longer
GlaxoSmithKline said on Wednesday new data showed its Cervarix vaccine generated sustained, high levels of neutralizing antibodies against the two most common cervical cancer-causing virus types for 6.4 years.
Glaxo said on Wednesday the data, from an extended follow-up study, showed the longest duration of sustained neutralizing antibody levels reported against both virus types HPV 16 […]
Oral Cancer in Men Associated With HPV
The sexually transmitted virus called HPV, for human papillomavirus, is well known to lead to cervical cancer in women — which is why the federal government recommends that all girls be vaccinated for HPV at 11 or 12, before they become sexually active
Now researchers are finding that many oral cancers in men are also associated […]
Experimental Cancer Vaccines Show Promise
A germ that commonly causes food poisoning may be the next weapon in the fight against cervical cancer, a major cause of death among women worldwide.
A new trial shows that a live Listeria vaccine called Lovaxin C is safe and even showed some benefit in 15 women with advanced cervical cancer.
Many Moms Unwilling to Have Younger Daughters Get HPV Vaccine
New research shows that only half of American mothers intend to have their teenaged daughters vaccinated against human papillomavirus (HPV) if the girls are under the age of 13, despite government guidelines that suggest the opposite.
HPV, which is sexually transmitted, is the primary cause of cervical cancer. The first vaccine against the virus, Gardasil, was […]