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News -02-02-07 Texas Passes First Law to Mandate Anti-Cancer Vaccinations (CBS News) "Bypassing the Legislature, Republican Gov. Rick Perry signed an order Friday making Texas the first state to require that schoolgirls get vaccinated against the sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer." 01-07 -02-27-07 Study: HPV, Virus That Causes Cancer in Women, Is Very Common (ABC News) "And the figures could have the greatest implications for younger women. Researchers found that among females 14 to 24 years of age, 34 percent were infected with HPV. That suggests 7.5 million teens and young women infected nationwide — much more than the 4.6 million in previous estimates." "Harper says vaccination against HPV does not provide 100 percent protection against cervical cancer, and women still need to have regular Pap smears as recommended by their doctor to allow for early detection of changes in the cervix." 02-07 -05-18-06 Vaccine Can Eradicate Cervical Cancer--If Given to Teens (CBS News) "Many doctors say that if Gardasil is approved and given to millions of young women, the vaccine could not only virtually eradicate cervical cancer, it could also mean women no longer need frequent Pap smears to detect the cancer and could save billions of dollars spent treating the disease." 05-06 -06-08-06 First-Ever Cancer Vaccine Approved (USA Today) "The Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday that it has approved the first vaccine designed to prevent cancer." "The vaccine, Gardasil, blocks infection by two types of the human papillomavirus, or HPV, which account for about 70% of cervical cancer cases." 06-06 -09-04-06 Cancer Vaccine Changes "The Talk" (CNN News) "The vaccine, Amanda's doctor told them, could prevent potentially deadly cervical cancer. He also explained that the three-dose inoculation would work best if she had it well before becoming sexually active." 06-06 -10-08-05 Vaccine 100 Percent Effective on Targeted Cancers (BBC News) "The first major study of an experimental vaccine to prevent cervical cancer found it was 100 percent effective, in the short term, at blocking the disease and lesions likely to turn cancerous, the drugmaker Merck & Co. said Thursday. Its shares rose nearly 6 percent." "Gardasil, a genetically engineered vaccine, blocks infection with two of the 100-plus types of human papilloma virus, HPV 16 and 18. The two sexually transmitted viruses together cause about 70 percent of cervical cancers." 10-05 -11-12-04 Fertility Maintained for Cervical Cancer Patient (CBS News) "It sounds a little like science fiction, but researchers in the Netherlands report they were able to preserve fertility in a 29-year-old cervical cancer patient by removing her ovary prior to treatment and placing it inside her upper arm." 10-04 Cervical Cancer Breakthrough (WebMD.com) "Scientists have successfully destroyed cervical cancer cells using a new technique that is being hailed as one of the most important developments in medicine for decades." "The technique, called RNA interference (RNAi), completely eliminated all the cancer cells growing in a test tube, yet left healthy cells unharmed. The scientists called the results 'absolutely remarkable.' " "Professor Jo Milner, who led the investigation at the University of York, said that in her long career as a cell biologist she had never before witnessed such a powerful anti-cancer agent that was so highly specific in selecting tumour cells." 9-02 Cervical Cancer Vaccine (Independent - Connor) "A vaccine that protects women against a common sexually transmitted infection that leads to cervical cancer is now one step closer to reality." "The results of a major clinical trial of the vaccine show that it was 100% effective in preventing persistent infection with two strains of the human papillomavirus (HPV) that account for the majority of cervical cancer cases." 11-04

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