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Category Archives: Cancer Prevention
Reevaluating the HPV Vaccine
The HPV vaccine has been a huge success story for the scientific, medical and public health communities. Over the past two decades we have gone from identifying that cervical cancer is caused by infection with the HPV virus to the development … Continue reading
Posted in Cancer Prevention, Infection Prevention
Tagged cervical cancer, HPV, preventive health, Vaccines
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Prostate Cancer Screening — The Controversy Continues
I’m just going to get it out there: since I started my general medicine practice last July I have not screened a single patient for prostate cancer. Not one. For the men out there who are unaware of the controversy … Continue reading
Posted in Cancer Prevention
Tagged cancer screening, health maintenance, preventative, preventive health, prostate
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Pap Smears Re-examined
Cervical cancer screening is one of the great success stories in preventive medicine. Prior to the advent of Pap smears in the 1950s, cervical cancer was considered one of the most deadly cancers in women and would claim over 35,000 lives … Continue reading
Posted in Cancer Prevention
Tagged cancer screening, cervical cancer, HPV, pap smear, pap test
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