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Cancer Vaccines
Data on cancer vaccines reported by researchers at Royal Women's Hospital
November 18th, 2008
Fresh data on cancer are presented in the report 'Recommendations for cervical cancer prevention in Asia Pacific.' "Asia Oceania includes countries from both the Asia Pacific region and Australasia, which cover very diverse geographical areas and populations as well as bearing 52% of the cervical cancer burden in the world. Human papillomavirus (HPV) genotype distribution in women with normal cytology varies between countries in this region, as well as with the distribution typically observed in worldwide estimates or in Western countries," researchers in Melbourne, Australia report. "HPV-16 remains the predominant oncogenic type for high-grade cervical dysplasia and...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2008-11-18)
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