Category: Cervical Cancer / HPV Vaccine

Results of a study to determine the accuracy of a new rapid screening test for HPV (human papillomavirus), created specifically for use in the developing world, have shown it to be 90% accurate in detecting precancerous cervical disease when tested on a group of women in Shanxi province, eastern China.

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New research released at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) 7th International Scientific Meeting in Montreal, has investigated awareness of the HPV vaccination programme amongst women including availability, effectiveness and whether they would recommend it to others. HPV is responsible for 70% of all cervical cancers. In the UK there are […]

The following is a summary of selected women’s health-related blog entries.~ “Immigration authorities Add Gardasil to List of Required Vaccines,” Feministing: The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services on Monday

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the approval of the vaccine Gardasil for the prevention of vaginal and vulvar cancer caused by Human Papillomavirus (HPV) types 16 and 18 in girls and women ages 9 to 26. These two HPV types cause 70 percent of cervical cancers, and are known to also cause some […]

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) is pleased to announce its partnership with ABC’s Frosted Pink with a Twist, a unique television special that will bring together the 2008 US women’s Olympic gymnasts with today’s top music stars and a host of celebrities to raise awareness of cancers primarily affecting women.

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FDA on Friday approved expanding the use of Merck’s human papillomavirus vaccine Gardasil to protect against cancers of the vagina and vulva, the AP/MSNBC.com reports (AP/MSNBC.com, 9/12). According to an FDA

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Merck’s cervical vaccine Gardasil for protecting against vaginal and vulvar cancers caused by Human Papillomavirus (HPV) types 16 and 18 in girls and women aged from 9 to 26. The agency announced its decision to the press on Friday 12th September, in […]

The product information of the four-type (6,11,16,18) human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine Gardasil® has been updated to include cross-protective efficacy in preventing precancerous cervical lesions (CIN2/3 and AISiii) due to additional cancercausing HPV types related to HPV type 16.1 Statistically significant efficacy against disease was demonstrated against HPV 31 which is the […]

An article published early online and in the October edition of The Lancet Oncology finds that using P16INK4A expression to test for human papillomavirus (HPV) - the virus associated with cervical cancer - has a greater sensitivity for detecting high-grade, precancerous cervical lesions than conventional cytology.

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Few parents worry that vaccinating their daughters against human papillomavirus (HPV) and cervical cancer would cause promiscuity. This is the finding of Dr Noel Brewer and colleagues from the University of North Carolina, USA and the Centers for Disease Control who will present their findings on Tuesday 9 September 2008 at the British […]