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    HPV and Cancer - 2 year(s) ago

    Human papillomavirus (HPV) is a common virus. It usually spreads from person to person during skin-to-skin contact.

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    HPV virus infection is common, usually shows no symptoms and goes away by itself. That is if we get infected with a low-risk HPV virus type.Amongst those lab…

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    American Cancer Society (ACS) published an updated guideline for cervical cancer screening. Nicolas Wentzensen, M.D., Ph.D., explains the changes in an interview on the NCI Cancer Currents blog.

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    • Current #CervicalCancer screening guidelines from the @ACS_Research recommend #HPV testing. Dr. @nwentzensen explains the changes from previous guidelines & how they compare with other screening recommendations. https://t.co/L15WtsX4yy #HPVAwarenessDay #OneLessWorry

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    More than a decade after vaccination, women who had received a single dose of the HPV vaccine continued to be protected against infection with the two cancer-causing HPV types targeted by the vaccine. The new findings are from an extended follow-up of the NCI-sponsored Costa Rica HPV Vaccine Trial.

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    • Studies by Dr. Aimee Kreimer and colleagues suggest that a single dose of the #HPV vaccine offer sufficient protection against many HPV types that cause cancer. #HPVAwarenessDay #OneLessWorry https://t.co/l6BqU0Lf40

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    Dr. Dean is interested in inherited (germline) genetic variation, somatic mutations in tumors, and the combined effect of both on cancer risk, progression, and response to therapy. He also investigates the genetic components of cancer health disparities in the U.S. and in Latin America.

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    • Dr. Michael Dean studies variation in #HPV and its impact when it integrates into the genome of #CervicalCancer cells. #HPVAwarenessDay #NCI_LTG https://t.co/bTI1yNOzCB