Tag Archive | "Gardasil"
Virus passed during oral sex tops tobacco as throat cancer cause
Source: www.npr.org Author: Peggy Girshman If you’re keeping score, here’s even more evidence that HPV causes oral, head and neck cancers and that vaccines may be able to prevent it. Researchers studying the human papilloma virus say that in the United States HPV causes 64 percent of oropharynxl cancers. In the rest of the world, [...]
Continue reading...Cancer vaccinations for boys by 2012?
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Source: Star Observer The Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC) will determine if the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, Gardasil, should be included in the National Immunisation Program for boys. Gardasil is currently administered to girls when they begin high school to prevent cervical cancer. HPV, however, also causes throat cancer, genital and anal warts, and cancer [...]
Continue reading...How protein made by HPV thwarts protective human protein, causing malignancy
Monday, January 17, 2011
Source: American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology BETHESDA, MD., Jan. 11, 2011 – An international team of researchers is reporting that it has uncovered new information about human papilloma virus that one day may aid in the development of drugs to eliminate the cervical-cancer-causing infection. Led by researcher Per Jemth of Uppsala University in [...]
Continue reading...A cancer vaccine is born
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Source: www.rochester.edu Author: Corydon Ireland Room 3-5135 at the Medical Center looks like a hundred other cubbyholes of basic science. A gray metal door decorated with the obligatory cartoon leads into a space the size of a motel room. White lab coats drape on wire hangers. Plain shelves, a desk, and a computer surround a [...]
Continue reading...HPV vaccination of young women may protect men through herd immunity
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Source: www.medscape.com Author: Laurie Barclay, MD High coverage of quadrivalent human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination in young Australian women resulted in a lower frequency of genital warts, which might protect heterosexual men through herd immunity, according to the results of an analysis of national sentinel surveillance data published online November 9 in Lancet Infectious Diseases. “The [...]
Continue reading...FDA panel backs new use for Gardasil vaccine
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Source: TherapeuticsDaily.com WASHINGTON — A federal health panel says evidence supports expanding use of Merck’s Gardasil vaccine to prevent anal cancer in young men and women. The panel of Food and Drug Administration advisers said a 4,000-patient study conducted by Merck & Co. Inc. shows the vaccine lowers the risk of anal cancer in men. [...]
Continue reading...The Most Deadly HPVs in the World
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Source: WebMD News Author: Daniel DeNoon Cervical Cancer-Causing Viruses ID’d in Worldwide Study Oct. 19, 2010 – Two human papillomavirus types included in HPV vaccines cause 71% of cervical cancers — but there are six other cervical cancer-causing HPVs, an international study finds. Led by Spanish researcher Silvia de Sanjose, MD, the effort analyzed 22,661 [...]
Continue reading...Human papilloma virus (HPV) and cancer
Saturday, July 31, 2010
Source: ezinearticles.com Author: David Warmflash, MD Human papilloma virus (HPV), is a category of viruses of which more than seventy subtypes are known. Most people have heard of HPV, because the media have spent a good deal of time discussing the issue of mandatory vaccination against the virus. The discussion in the news is well-deserved. [...]
Continue reading...Vaccines might help fight throat cancer, but hurdles are high
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Source: www.npr.org Author: Chao Deng There’s been a big and controversial push to protect girls from cervical cancer by vaccinating them against the human papillomavirus. Turns out, the same vaccine might also protect boys from developing throat cancer later in life. Researchers estimate HPV causes more than 11,000 cases of throat cancers in the U.S. [...]
Continue reading...Could HPV be transmitted orally?
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Source: Bright Hub Author: Kira Jaines Can a kiss transmit HPV? Or oral sex? Studies conducted by researchers at Johns Hopkins University found that not only can human papilloma virus be transmitted orally, it can also increase the risk of oropharyngeal cancer. Can HPV Be Transmitted Orally? In a word, yes. Once thought to be [...]
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- New Evaluation for HPV16 Related Cancers Using "Pap-Test Equivalent"
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- Increase in oral cancers linked to HPV
- Systems Strategies To Support Cancer Screening in U.S. Primary Care Practice
- Study Finds- Fewer Dying from Throat & Mouth Cancer in the U.S.
- UI professors: HPV editorial misses the mark
- Girls-Only Vaccine Could Be Best Weapon Against HPV
- Many Head and Neck Cancer Survivors Face Eating Problems
- The Gardasil Problem: How The U.S. Lost Faith In A Promising Vaccine
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- Big Tobacco Spending More Than a Super PAC to Defeat Cancer Research
- Actor’s Diagnosis Puts Spotlight on Oral Cancer
- Actor Michael Douglas Partners With Oral Cancer Foundation For Early Detection PSA Campaign
- 2009 Federal Tobacco Tax Increase Cut Number of Youth Smokers by At Least 220,000 in First Two Months Alone, New Study Shows
- Radiotherapy May Be Enough for HPV-Positive Throat Cancer
- Stem cell sparing radiotherapy for head and neck cancer may avoid salivary gland damage
- 1 of 6 cancer deaths worldwide caused by preventable infections
- Vaccination rates higher in states requiring them in middle school
- Tobacco Smoking and Increased Risk of Death and Progression for Patients With p16-Positive and p16-Negative Oropharyngeal Cancer
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Wednesday, February 23, 2011
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