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Cancer Vaccines
Researchers from Queen Mary Hospital describe findings in cancer vaccines
July 8th, 2008
In this recently published article, scientists in Hong Kong, People's Republic of China conducted a study "To explore perceptions towards cervical cancer, human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and HPV vaccination and to identify factors affecting the acceptability of HPV vaccination among Chinese adolescent girls in Hong Kong. Six focus groups were conducted with Chinese adolescent girls (median age 16 years, age range 13-20, n = 64) in Hong Kong in April 2007." "Thematic analysis was employed to identify major themes related to cervical cancer and HPV vaccination. A supplementary questionnaire was administered to all participants before and after group discussion to...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2008-07-08)
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