Cervical cancer screening by Pap smear
Cervical cancer is second most common cancer in women worldwide. In Qatar, cervical cancer incidence follows only to breast cancer. According to WHO report, every year more than 270,000 women die of cervical cancer. Cervical cancer used to be the …
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HPV Vaccine Use Stalls in US Girls
"We have not been very successful in protecting our adolescents against cervical cancer," added Thomas K. McInerny, MD, president of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). "The AAP shares CDC's disappointment and concern that we are not providing …
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Why HPV vaccination can't wait
A difficult conversation is one I have nearly every week — when I have to look a young woman in the eye and tell her she may no longer be able to have children — or even worse, that she may die from cervical cancer. That's a difficult conversation …
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NIMR tackles TB, cervical cancer, HIV with new labs
WITH new Human Virology Laboratory (HVL) extension, COBAS 4,800 machine for cancer diagnosis and ultra-modern bio-safety level 3 (BSL-3) national reference laboratory, the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR), Yaba, on Monday in Lagos said …
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