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Cervical Precancers Drop Since Introduction of HPV Vaccine
Published on: December 9, 2020
A study using data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provides evidence that the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine is effectively reducing the numbers of cervical precancer – lesions that can become cervical cancer.
Studies Find Open Surgery Safer For Early Cervical Cancer
Published on: November 6, 2018
Researchers at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and colleagues find that women who undergo minimally invasive radical hysterectomy to treat early-stage cervical cancer have worse outcomes than women who undergo abdominal “open” radical hysterectomy.
More Teens Getting HPV Vaccinations
Published on: August 27, 2018
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that almost half (49%) of teenagers have been fully vaccinated for human papillomavirus (HPV), an increase of 5 percentage points from 2016.
HPV Vaccine Shown to Protect Against Oral Form of Infection
Published on: July 24, 2013
Researchers from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and colleagues have found that the HPV vaccine protects women from a form of the virus that causes oral infection as well as cervical infection.