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Cancer Vaccines
Data on cancer vaccines reported by researchers at University of Heidelberg, Institute of Pathology
April 28th, 2009
Fresh data on cancer are presented in the report 'Cervical cancer control in the era of HPV vaccination and novel biomarkers.' "Infections with human papillomaviruses (HPV) are a necessary, but not sufficient cause of cervical cancer. Cervical cancer develops over a long time through precursor lesions that can be detected by cytological screening," researchers in Heidelberg, Germany report. "The majority of these lesions regress spontaneously without treatment. The challenge of cervical cancer screening is to detect the lesions that have a high risk of progression. Since the recently introduced vaccination against HPV cannot provide 100% protection, cervical cancer...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2009-04-28)
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