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Cancer Vaccines
Reports on cancer vaccines findings from Vanderbilt University provide new insights
October 16th, 2008
"HPV is the most common sexually transmitted infection in the world. While most strains are relatively harmless, some increase a woman's risk of developing cervical cancer," investigators in the United States report. "This article explores the intimate, contested relationships among etiologies of cervical cancer, development and use of the new HPV vaccine, and contested notions of sexuality. We particularly focus on shifts in US health care and sexual politics, where the vaccine has animated longstanding concerns about vaccination (e.g. parental rights, cost, specialisation) and young women's bodies and behaviour," wrote M.J. Casper and colleagues, Vanderbilt...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-10-16)
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