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The latest cervical cancer news from News Medical |
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 | | |  Cervical Cancer Epidemiology According to the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC), cervical cancer was once the leading cause of cancer death for women in the United States. In the last 4 decades the trends have changed for the better. | |
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| | | | |  Treatment is provided by a multidisciplinary team. The team usually consists of a gynaecologist, a surgeon, a clinical oncologist who specializes in chemotherapy and radiotherapy, a medical oncologist who specializes in chemotherapy, a pathologist, a radiologist or an imaging radiologist, a social worker, a psychologist and an oncology nurse. | | | | |  Scaling up the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine could eradicate cervical cancer in high-income countries within 30 years, with most other countries following by the end of the century, according to new research. | | | | |  A survey conducted by Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust has found that a “concerning” level of misunderstanding and stigma surrounding human papilloma virus could be putting women off going for life-saving cervical smear tests. | |
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