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Czech National Cervical Cancer Screening Programme
Cervical cancer is mainly caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV), which is transmitted not only through sexual intercourse but also through...
Cervical cancer
factor for cervical cancer is infection by the human papillomavirus (HPV). This virus is passed from one person to another mostly during sexual...
Human papillomavirus (HPV)
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Cervical cancer prevention and screening
99% of cases, cervical cancer is caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV), which is very easily transmitted during sexual intercourse. 3. HPV...
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Swinging 60s saw a rise in HPV related cancers
to examine trends for the cancers linked to the human papillomavirus (HPV) – cancers of the anus, vulva, vagina, cervix and penis. Rates for people born i...
Over-50s still face cervical cancer risk
cancer occur in women who are infected with the human papillomavirus (HPV), which is a common sexually transmitted infection. Dr Anne Szarewski,...
HPV vaccine protects against cervical cancer for at least six years
vaccine provides protection against two types of human papillomavirus (HPV) for more than six years, US scientists have reported... al. Sustained efficacy and immunogenicity of the human papillomavirus (HPV)-16/18 AS04-adjuvanted vaccine: analysis of a randomised placebo-controlled...
Early sexual encounters linked to increased risk of cervical cancer among deprived women
shown that their levels of infection with the human papillomavirus (HPV) - which is responsible for the majority of cases of cervical cancer - tend to...
Study shows clinically-approved drugs could be used in fight against cervical cancer
all women with cervical cancer test positive for human papillomavirus (HPV) 16, yet not all women infected with HPV get cervical cancer. Dr Lambert...
Debate over role of HPV test in cervical screening
for the human papillomavirus (HPV) - the major cause of cervical cancer - may not help to identify women who are...
HPV test picks up more abnormal cell changes than regular smear test
studies suggest that testing for the human papillomavirus (HPV) - the major cause of cervical cancer - could be used in national cervical...
Cervical cancer vaccine 'may prevent more cases than initially thought'
cancer are caused by types 16 or 18 of the human papillomavirus (HPV) - against which the current cervical cancer vaccine provides protection. But...
Home-testing kits could help to detect HPV in women who do not attend cervical screening
cases of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection - the major cause of cervical cancer - could be detected if...
Study confirms HPV genotypes responsible for majority of cervical cancers worldwide
human papillomavirus (HPV) types (16, 18, 45, 33, 31, 52, 58, and 35) are responsible for over 90% of all...
HPV testing and vaccination could cut cervical screening to twice in a lifetime
who have had the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine could need only two HPV screening tests for the rest of their lives...
HIV drug lopinavir 'may prevent cervical cancer' by targeting the virus that causes the disease
cancer by killing off cells infected with the human papillomavirus (HPV), according to a new laboratory study...
Drop in pre-cancerous cervical changes in Australia after HPV vaccination introduced
in Victoria, Australia since the introduction of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination programmes, a new study has found...
HPV testing for two high-risk strains could identify women at greatest risk of cervical cancer
Human papillomavirus (HPV) testing for the two most dangerous strains (HPV16 and HPV18) detects more... Stoler MH, et al. Performance of carcinogenic human papillomavirus (HPV) testing and HPV16 or HPV18 genotyping for cervical cancer screening of women...
Contraceptive intrauterine devices could reduce risk of cervical cancer
cancer in eight countries and 16 surveys on human papillomavirus (HPV) prevalence in women from four continents. The researchers found that the...
Fewer than three doses of cervical cancer vaccine effective
than three doses of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine Cervarix may be just as effective as the standard three-dose regimen...
Studies reveal potential HPV vaccine to substantially reduce incidence of cervical cancer and suggest screening programmes could be modified
bivalent human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine (Cervarix, GlaxoSmithKline) offers excellent protection against the...
HPV home tests for cervical cancer prove effective in study
for the human papillomavirus (HPV) – the virus that causes cervical cancer – at home is at least as sensitive as c...
Researchers identify cervical cells most susceptible to HPV infection
a woman's cervix are vulnerable to infection by human papillomavirus (HPV) and lead to cancer, new research suggests...
Single HPV test 'predicts cancer risk for up to 18 years'
women's smear test samples for the human papillomavirus (HPV) can predict who will develop early signs of cervical cancer up to 18 years...
HPV associated cancer incidence rates point to needed efforts to increase HPV vaccination coverage
in incidence rates for cancers associated with human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and more efforts are needed to increase HPV vaccination coverage... 1975-2009, featuring the burden and trends in human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated cancers and HPV vaccination coverage levels. Journal of the...
HPV vaccine trends point to failures in patient education, vaccine programs
G. S., Berenson, A. B. (2013). Completion of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine series among males with private insurance between 2006 and 2009...
HPV testing could cut cervical cancers by a third
women for the human papillomavirus (HPV) first, instead of using the traditional cervical screening test to detect... to persistent infection with some types of the human papillomavirus (HPV). This is a very common, often symptomless virus, which can cause abnormalities...
New study shows HPV vaccine helping lower HPV infection rates in teen girls
new study looking at the prevalence of human papillomavirus (HPV) infections in girls and women before and after the introduction of the HPV... Markowitz LE, Hariri S, et al. Reduction in human papillomavirus (HPV) prevalence among young women following HPV vaccine introduction in the United...
Nine-valent HPV vaccine may prevent nearly 90 percent of cervical cancers
nine human papillomavirus (HPV) subtypes were found to cause the majority of cervical precancers, a...
New WHO guide to prevent and control cervical cancer
of HPV vaccine to prevent infection with the Human papillomavirus (HPV), the virus responsible for most cases of cervical cancer. The reduced, 2-dose...
Screening for HPV infection alone more accurate than Pap Test in the detection of cervical cancer, especially in younger women
for human papillomavirus (HPV) infection alone gives more accurate results than Pap (smear) testing for... cancer, cervical smear test, human papillomavirus (HPV), HPV test, Papanicolau smear test, Pap...
The Lancet Oncology: 2 large trials provide further evidence that 1 dose of HPV vaccine could prevent the majority of cervical cancers
single dose of the bivalent human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine (Cervarix®, GlaxoSmithKline group of companies) may offer a... human papillomavirus (HPV), HPV vaccine, cervical...
Study finds decreased rates of high-grade cervical lesions in young women after approval of HPV vaccines and changes in cancer screening
vaccines were made available to protect against human papillomavirus (HPV), but the trend may be due in part to changes in cervical cancer screening...
First global guidance for HPV vaccination for cervical cancer prevention
today issued a clinical practice guideline on human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination for the prevention of cervical cancer [1]. This is the first...
Reasons to get vaccinated against HPV
proved that vaccinating girls and boys against human papillomavirus (HPV) prevents the development of several serious cancers and protects human... human papillomavirus (HPV), vaccination coverage, HPV vaccine, HPV-related...
New cervical cancer test has 100 per cent detection rate
outperforming both the current Pap smear and human papillomavirus (HPV) test at a reduced cost, according to a study led by Queen Mary University of... testing for the presence of DNA from the human papillomavirus (HPV) - the primary but indirect cause of cervical cancer. There are estimated to be...
Rapid scale-up of HPV vaccine and screening could prevent up to 13 million cases of cervical cancer by 2050
indicate that combining high uptake of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine and high HPV-based cervical screening rates in all countries from 2020...
Urine test could prevent cervical cancer
as the cervical smear at picking up high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV), the virus that causes cervical... for so called ‘high-risk’ types of human papillomavirus (HPV) and the health of the cells of the cervix in women who test high-risk HPV...