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Cancer Vaccine Shows Promise
« on: Dec 4th, 2002, 1:30pm » |
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Cancer Vaccine Shows Promise
USA TODAY--Scientists have successfully tested a vaccine against a virus that causes cervical cancer, moving them a step closer to virtually eliminating the second-most lethal malignancy in women worldwide, says a report out today. Only breast cancer kills more. Lasting infection from certain strains of a common sexually transmitted virus -- human papillomavirus, or HPV -- causes almost all cervical cancers. The experimental vaccine, which could be available within five years, was effective against the strain that causes about half of cervical cancer cases.
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