Demand high for HPV shot - Gardasil cervical cancer vaccine

Cervical cancer is a malignancy of the cervix, second most common cancer of women. It may present with vaginal bleeding but symptoms may be absent until the cancer is in advanced stages, which has made cervical cancer the focus of intense screening efforts utilizing the Pap smear. Most scientific studies point to human papillomavirus (HPV) infection as a necessary pre-requisite for development of cervical cancer.

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Demand high for HPV shot - Gardasil cervical cancer vaccine

Cervical Cancer :: Demand high for HPV shot - Gardasil cervical cancer vaccine

New Hampshire's health department will send its first shipments of a new vaccine that prevents cervical cancer to doctors this week. But many local practices say that the amount being sent won't be enough to meet the demand for an unusually popular vaccine.

Doctors and practice managers say that they already have long waiting lists of patients who want the vaccine, which protects against the human papillomavirus, a common sexually transmitted infection, which causes cervical cancer and genital warts. The vaccine will be offered for free to girls between 11 and 19 as part of the state's childhood immunization program.

(Published at www.spiritindia.com on Sunday, January 7, 2007)
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