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The risk of dying from cervical cancer might be much higher than experts previously thought, and women are encouraged to continue recommended cancer screenings.
Black women are dying from cervical cancer at a rate 77 percent higher than previously thought, and white women are dying at a rate 47 percent higher, according to a study published in the journal Cancer.
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Phys.org
New details of the structure of the human papillomavirus may lead to better vaccines and HPV anti-viral medications, according to studies led by a Penn State College of Medicine researcher.
Using a new imaging technique called cryo-electron microscopy — or cryo-EM — the researchers discovered never-before-seen details of the virus that causes cervical, anal and throat cancers. The first-ever high-resolution 3-D maps of HPV reveal key characteristics of its outer shell, or capsid, and the proteins that assemble it.
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HealthDay via WebMD
The HPV vaccine helps prevent cervical cancer but that doesn't mean women should forgo Pap test screening, cancer experts say.
Women of all ages need to continue to undergo this screening test for precancerous or cancerous cells on the cervix even if they've received the vaccine, advised gynecologic oncologist Dr. Jayanthi Lea, from UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas.
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The vast majority of men who are eligible to get vaccinated against the human papillomavirus do not, despite the fact that most men will get infected in their lifetimes, a new study shows.
Nearly all sexually active men and women in the U.S. get the HPV virus at some point during their lives, making it the most common sexually transmitted infection in the country. But men, especially, have been slow get the vaccine. A recent study published in the journal JAMA Oncology reveals that in a national survey of 1,868 men from ages 18 to 59, only 10.7 percent were vaccinated against HPV. The study also found that the prevalence of genital HPV among these men was just over 45 percent.
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HealthDay via WebMD
Many American men are infected with the cancer-causing human papillomavirus, but unlike women, men are more likely to stay infected throughout their lives, a new study finds.
About 45 percent of U.S. men are infected with the sexually transmitted disease, as are 45 percent of women. Among women, the prevalence of HPV infection drops to about 22 percent as they age, but it remains high among men, said lead researcher Dr. Jasmine Han.
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Medscape (free login required)
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released some good news about cancer incidence in the United States this week.
The national target for reducing incidence rates of invasive colorectal cancer was met in 30 states, and 28 states met the target for reduced incidence rates of invasive cervical cancer, according to data published online Jan. 27 in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
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The Sacramento Bee
Of all childhood vaccines, it's the one that makes many parents — and even some physicians — squeamish.
HPV, or human papillomavirus, is a common sexually transmitted infection that can lead to cancers of some of the most private places: the cervix, vagina, penis and throat.
Although there's been a vaccine to prevent HPV for about a decade, vaccination rates among kids and teens have stayed relatively low, both in California and nationwide.
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National Institutes of Health
Investigators with The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) Research Network have identified novel genomic and molecular characteristics of cervical cancer that will aid in the subclassification of the disease and may help target therapies that are most appropriate for each patient. The new study, a comprehensive analysis of the genomes of 178 primary cervical cancers, found that over 70 percent of the tumors had genomic alterations in either one or both of two important cell signaling pathways.
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Reader's Digest
Human papillomavirus is the number-one risk factor for developing cervical cancer, and it's also one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases — about 80 percent of sexually active people are infected with HPV at some point in their lives. "It's pretty uncommon to find a cervix cancer not HPV-related," says Robert DeBernardo, M.D., a gynecologic oncologist at Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio.
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