Mailing do-it-yourself sampling kits to test for cervical cancer doubled the rate of screening in a population of low-income and under-screened women, researchers say.
Comprehensive investment in vaccinations against human papillomavirus (HPV) and cervical cancer screening and treatment can yield substantial socio-economic returns and eliminate the disease in Vietnam.
Falling rates of childhood vaccination and declining support for school vaccination laws have some experts exploring new ways to boost childhood vaccination rates.
A new study shows that one dose of a vaccine that can prevent the virus that leads to most cases of cervical cancer may be as effective as the usual two or three doses.
Although the CDC says the HPV vaccine can be given as early as age 9, several researchers are making the case that it should always be offered that early.