WHO: Cervical cancer could be prevented
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Cervical cancer, which may cause the death of a quarter million women worldwide each year, could be prevented through inexpensive and effective methods, WHO said.
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London - A vaccination against a normal cancer-causing strains of human papillomavirus prevents the recurring infections that causes cervical cancer, researchers report according to Lancet, the British journal.
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By Leigh Woosley, Tulsa World, Okla.  Feb. 19--Mary Bryce Fox didn't ask her daughters. She told them.   The girls would get a controversial vaccine that protects against the sexually transmitted disease that causes genital warts and most cervical cancer.
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Experts met in London Tuesday to discuss how to make a cervical cancer vaccine available to women in poor countries who need it most.
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GENEVA - Almost a quarter-million women worldwide die of cervical cancer each year although the disease is largely preventable, the UN health agency said Thursday.
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A new study of 1,113 women in North America and Brazil has found that a vaccine that could reduce cervical cancer rates by 75 percent is safe and 95 percent effective.
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By David Klepper, The Wichita Eagle, Kan.  Jan. 31--TOPEKA -- Kansas has joined the growing list of states considering a plan to require girls to be vaccinated against a virus that causes cervical cancer.
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The oral contraceptive pill may protect women from heart disease and some cancers, scientists suggest.
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More than one-third of American women are infected by human papilloma virus (HPV), which in rare cases can lead to cervical cancer, by the time they are 24 years old, according to a study being published today.
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A new vaccine could prevent most cases of cervical cancer. Almost 250,000 women worldwide die each year from the cancer, which is linked to HPV viruses.
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All girls of 11 in the EU should be vaccinated against the virus that causes cervical cancer, a medical journal says.
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Schoolgirls should be vaccinated against cervical cancer, a panel recommends.
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FRIDAY, Nov. 12 (HealthDayNews) -- A vaccine designed to protect against two strains of the human papillomavirus that are leading causes of cervical cancer has been successful in a major trial.
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The growth of cervical and womb cancers may be fuelled by a  molecule in semen, a study suggests.
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The world's first cervical cancer   vaccine may give wider protection against the killer disease   than previously thought, researchers said on Sunday.
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WASHINGTON  - Years of clinical trials have yeilded promising results for a vaccine that would protect women from a virus that causes colon and cervical cancer, researchers said.
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A new vaccine protects nine out of ten women against cervical cancer linked to two strains of the deadly human papillomavirus (HPV), according to a study published Thursday.