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Cancer Vaccines
Data on cancer vaccines described by researchers at Harvard University
September 16th, 2008
Investigators publish new data in the report 'Exploring the cost-effectiveness of HPV vaccination in Vietnam: insights for evidence-based cervical cancer prevention policy.' "Using mathematical models of cervical cancer for the northern and southern regions of Vietnam, we assessed the cost-effectiveness of cervical cancer prevention strategies and the tradeoffs between a national and region-based policy in Vietnam. With 70% vaccination and screening coverage, lifetime risk of cancer was reduced by 20.4-76.1% with vaccination of pre-adolescent girls and/or screening of older women," scientists in the United States report. "Only when the cost per vaccinated girl was low...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2008-09-16)
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