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A 90-70-90 strategy might eliminate disparities in deaths from cervical cancer

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In just 35 years, the United States managed to reduce cervical cancer rates by 54 percent with the help of Pap smears. Now, the World Health Organization’s 90-70-90 strategy of human papillomavirus vaccination, double screening and more effective treatment might be able do away with the disparity in death rates from cervical cancer in the …

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Progress on cervical cancer limited by funding gaps

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The survival rate for cervical cancer and uterine have been stagnant for years, even as the number of deaths from cancer in the United States dropped overall. But while treatments have improved dramatically for many forms of cancer, these particular cancers are left behind for a number of reasons, including gaps in treatment and limited …

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Do socioeconomic factors make Hispanics less likely to take advantage of guidelines to prevent cervical cancer?

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“What really, really hurts my heart is to see young women dying from this disease,” says Ana M. Rodriguez, an obstetrician and gynecologist who practices at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. “It is a preventable disease.” Cervical cancer is one of the most preventable of all cancers because it emerges slowly, offering …

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Nonprofit Aims to Eliminate Cervical Cancer in Chicago by 2040

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Black and Latina women are nearly three times more likely to die of cervical cancer than white women in Chicago, according to a recent report by local nonprofit Equal Hope, formerly the Metropolitan Chicago Breast Cancer Task Force, which also found drastic variations among neighborhoods. “Realistically, nobody should be dying of cervical cancer if you …

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“I’m living proof that screening can find cervical cancer when treatment works best”

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When I was 25, I was living in Washington, DC, working as a television producer and loving life. I felt great and healthy, so I put off getting my routine Pap test for a few years. I thought it could wait. When I finally did go for a check-up, I got the shock of my …

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African American women twice as likely as white women to be diagnosed with invasive cervical cancer

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Cervical cancer used to be a major cause of death in women during their childbearing years. But the development of the Pap smear in the 1950s and a vaccine in the 2000s against the virus that causes the cancer have greatly reduced the toll this cancer causes. But 4,000 American women still die each year …

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Preventing Cervical Cancer in Black Women in America

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An estimated 700 African American women still die of cervical cancer each year. The three main reasons are: later stage at diagnosis, less aggressive treatment, and more barriers to care once diagnosed. Lack of knowledge about cervical cancer may be the largest barrier to screening and treatment of cervical cancer in African American women. One …

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Helping Hispanics Prevent Cervical Cancer: Answers to 6 Questions

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Abraham Aragones, a doctor and public health researcher who studies the issues surrounding HPV vaccination and cancer, especially among Hispanics, explains why the human papillomavirus (HPV) causes more cancer among Hispanics than any other group, and how getting more people vaccinated against the virus can improve public health. See “Helping Hispanics Prevent HPV-Related Cancers: 6 …

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Black women in Alabama dying of cervical cancer at alarming rate

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Black women in Alabama are dying of cervical cancer at more than twice the national average, a trend that appears to be increasing despite the disease being preventable and curable if detected early, a Human Rights Watch report shows. The group blames the state’s restrictive health insurance policies, lack of physicians, poverty and structural racism …

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