With HPV it is even more difficult, because cervical cancer takes years to develop.
The vaccines target the two HPV strains that are responsible for 75% of cervical cancers.
This test lets doctors catch cervical lesions early and snip them away before they can become malignant.
For 50 years, the Pap test has been the gold standard for detecting cervical cancer.
Gardasil, a vaccine for the virus that causes cervical cancer, experienced a slow in growth.
My cervical cancer soon became uterine and I was put into the radiation treatment cycle.
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And this technology is expandable to lung, colon, and cervical cancer detection as well.
Before screening, the UK was set to see thousands more women dying from cervical cancer.
The trial looked at precancerous legions, early forms of cervical cancer and invasive cancer.
Every year, 11, 000 cases of cervical cancer are diagnosed in the U.S., killing 3, 500 women.
Worldwide, cervical cancer is the second-biggest cause of cancer death in women, killing 288, 000.
In the United States, almost 10, 000 women develop cervical cancer each year, leading to 3, 000 deaths.
To prevent women from getting cervical cancer, women must be inoculated before they become sexually active.
Cervical polyps are almost always harmless, with the risk of cancer being less than 1 percent.
Removing a cervical polyp is a relatively simple procedure that can be performed in the office.
The only approved HPV test on the market is for women, for use in cervical-cancer screening.
The human papillomavirus (HPV), is found in most women who have developed cervical cancer.
More than 1, 400 people who received routine vaccinations and cervical smears have been contacted by health chiefs.
During her time in the area, her work included chronic disease management, immunisation and cervical smear testing.
In many places, a lack of electricity means that cervical examinations are carried out haphazardly by candlelight.
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Only 77.3% of women in Northern Ireland take up their cervical screening invitation, according to the charity.
The age at which women in Scotland receive their first cervical screening test will be raised from 20 to 25.
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The vaccine, which was introduced in 2008, is given to girls aged 12-13 to help protect them against cervical cancer.
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The aim of the new programme is to reduce the number of Manx women who develop cervical cancer.
Fortunately, however, the vast majority of women with the HPV virus will not develop cervical cancer at all.
Since routine screening was introduced in 1989, the death rate through cervical cancer has dropped by a third.
There are over 100 types of HPV but only 13 of these are known to cause cervical cancer.
Worldwide, cervical cancer is the second-most-common cancer in women and kills 233, 000 annually.
Several decades ago, an African American woman in Baltimore (the South, recall) was being treated for cervical cancer.
One big Invesco holding is MedImmune, which is developing a new vaccine that could help protect against cervical cancer.
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