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Cervical cancer vaccine misses minority women, study finds

10/29/2013

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Genetic differences is a very important factor in regards to how a cancer patient respond to treatment. A study discusses whether African-American populations or other minorities are being left out from new drug and vaccine developments. This study discusses this scenario in cervical cancer vaccines.

Genetics plays a big role in how people respond to treatments, and this study shows that the human papilloma virus (HPV) passed from person to person in sexually varies based on ethnic and social groups. Cathrine Hoyo, an associate professor in Duke University’s obstetrics and gynecology department, and her team found that there are different different strains by race.  Hoyo says that African-American women are about 20 percent more likely to develop cervical cancer and almost twice as likely to die from the disease compared with non-Hispanic white women.

Human papillomavirus (HPV) is perhaps the most common sexually transmitted infection. Virtually everyone gets infected with one strain or another at least once in their lives. Usually, the body can clear it, but sometimes, the virus damages cells and causes cancer. In 2013, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimated that 79 million Americans are infected with HPV, with 14 million more catching it each year.

HPV causes a range of cancers, such as cervical cancer, head and neck cancer (like actor Michael Douglas's head and neck), including cancers of the throat and tongue, anal cancer and cancer of the penis. HPV causes the most cases of cervical cancer – which is diagnosed in more than 10,000 U.S. women every year.

Hoyo’s team looked closely at 516 women being tested after having suspicious Pap smears. If something looks wrong, women get a follow-up examination called a colposcopy, where damaged-looking cells are removed and tested for both cancer and for HPV.

More than 70 percent of the women did have HPV infections. Most had more than one strain of the virus.


  • White women had the most common strains, including HPV 16, 18, 31 and 45.
  • African-Americans women were more likely to have HPV 33, 35, 58 and 68.

The study showed that African-American women were half as likely to carry HPV 18.

That strain is included in both commercial HPV vaccines – Merck’s Gardasil and GlaxoSmithKline’s Cervarix.

Learn more in our article which strains of HPV Gardasil and Cervavix are protecting against: canceredinstitute.org/cervical-cancer

Hoyo suggests that parents should delay vaccinating their kids, saying that she would do it now and do it again with the new vaccine.

Source:
  1. http://www.nbcnews.com/health/cervical-cancer-vaccine-misses-minority-women-study-finds-8C11478247
  2. Vidal, AC et al. Distribution of HPV genotypes in cervical intraepithelial lesions and cervical cancer in Tanzanian women. Infect Agent Cancer. 2011 Nov 14;6(1):20. doi: 10.1186/1750-9378-6-20.

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Most cancer patients want to die at home, report says

10/29/2013

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An interesting review study from the UK. People want more options available for end stage cancer patients on where to die. 
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/oct/28/most-cancer-patients-want-to-die-at-home 
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Don't be fearful of your cancer. Let us help you to understand it!

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Cancer Radiation Rates Grow When Urologists Reap Profit

10/24/2013

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Cancer Radiation Rates Grow When Urologists Reap Profit

WOW, a must read! That's why we at Cancer Research Simplified, Inc. believe in education of cancer patients and their family members! 

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-10-23/cancer-radiation-rates-grow-when-urologists-reap-profit.html

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