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According to a new study, the prevalence of oral human papillomavirus (HPV) in the United States now stands at 6.0%. Thus, about 16 million Americans have oral HPV infection. The study also reported that the rate is higher in men than women.
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During January's Cervical Health Awarness Month, The National Cervical Cancer Coalition and the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center stress that prevention and early detection are the key factors in the fight against gynecological cancers.
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The new DNA tests, which can identify the virus responsible for most cases of cervical cancer, should be given to all women aged 30 or over because they can prevent more cases of cancer than Pap smears alone. The results of the five-year study comprised of 45,000 women yielded the strongest evidence to date in favor of using human papillomavirus (HPV) testing.
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The fall season brings beautiful colors; the leaves turn red, orange, and yellow – but everything else seems to turn pink! October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and this year the funds that it will bring in are needed more than ever. A recently released research report shows that the number of women being diagnosed with breast cancer worldwide has increased by 3% every year since 1980 and that 1.6 million women were diagnosed in 2010 alone – up from 641,000 thirty years ago.
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Intrauterine devices (IUDs) could have an affect on cervical cancer, researchers say.
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Lopinavir, an antiretroviral drug used to treat HIV, could help prevent cervical cancer caused by the human papilloma virus (HPV), according to researchers from two continents. HPV is the most common cause of cervical cancer.
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Human papillomavirus (HPV) testing is known to be more sensitive than cytology for detecting cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN). HPV testing not as specific as cytology and can result in more false positives than conventional Pap smears.
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More than 11,000 new cases of cervical cancer were diagnosed in 2009, a disease that is most often caused by a common virus, the human papillomavirus (HPV). To help raise awareness of this cancer, the US Congress has designated January as Cervical Health Awareness Month.
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Women are being told they can wait until they are 21 before they have their first Pap test for cervical cancer, even if they have been sexually active for several years before that time, according to the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecologists (ACOG). These new guidelines make changes to recommendations that the ACOG issued only seven months ago.
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Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health have eliminated cervical cancer in mice using fulvestrant and raloxifene.
