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A multimodal approach to improving human papillomavirus vaccination in a community pharmacy setting

SAGE Open Medicine, 2016
Background: Community pharmacy has become a major access point for several types of vaccinations. Despite the success of vaccination programs like influenza, pneumococcal, and herpes zoster, the rates of human papillomavirus vaccination continue to lag ...
Kenneth C Hohmeier, Donna D Randolph, Cindy Taliaferro Smith, Tracy M Hagemann   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Chlamydia trachomatis as a probable cofactor in human papillomavirus infection in aboriginal women from northeastern Argentina

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2011
Objectives: High-risk types of human papillomavirus (HPV) are strongly associated with cervical cancer (CC), and Chlamydia trachomatis (CT), the most frequent sexually transmitted bacterial infection (STBI) worldwide, seems to be a risk factor for HPV ...
Gerardo Daniel Deluca, PhD, MSc, Jorge Basiletti, Eduardo Schelover, MD, Nicolás Díaz Vásquez, MD, José Mario Alonso, PhD, Héctor Marcelo Marín, Raúl Horacio Lucero, María Alejandra Picconi, PhD   +7 more
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Influenza and Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Utilisation in Vulnerable Urban Youth in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

The International Journal of Health Planning and Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction This project explores influenza and human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine utilisation among a multi‐ethnic group of youth (aged 11–23 years) in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Method Using a cross‐sectional design and purposive sampling, influenza vaccine utilisation over 3 years was assessed via questionnaire.
Sarah Deck, Se Lim Jang, Rachel Harris, Fariba Kolahdooz, Moutasem Zakkar, Sangita Sharma   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

A cohort survey of the effect of an educational intervention on human papillomavirus vaccine-related knowledge and attitudes among pre-university female students in Singapore

Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare, 2017
Introduction: Although cervical cancer is the 10th most common cancer among females in Singapore, it is a vaccine-preventable cancer. Human papillomavirus vaccines combined with regular Pap (papillomavirus) smears have been shown to reduce the mortality ...
Sarah Woon Ching Lim, Alicia Ying Ying Boo, Wee Chuan Tan, Eunice Su-Yin Png, Hang Keong Lee, Zi Ying Chang, Serene Xue Jia Wee, Brindha Balakrishnan, Kuan Siew Choong, Ian Kwong Yun Phoon   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Awareness about Human Papilloma Virus and its vaccine among medical students

Indian Journal of Community Medicine, 2013
Background: Cancer of the uterine cervix is the most common malignancy amongst women in India. Identification of its pre-cancerous lesions and prevention by HPV vaccine may go a long way in decreasing the incidence.
Sumita Mehta, Shalini Rajaram, Geetika Goel, Neerja Goel   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cutaneous HPV16 and p16 Positive Basaloid Squamous Cell Carcinoma with Brain Metastasis: A Case Report

SAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2020
Basaloid squamous cell carcinoma is an infiltrative and aggressive variant of squamous cell carcinoma with basaloid features. Primary skin-derived basaloid squamous cell carcinoma is rare.
Trang T Vu, Laura Soong, Tawny Hung, Loretta Fiorillo, Kurian Joseph   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluation of the management of Hr-HPV+/PapTest- women. Results at 1-year recall [PDF]

, 2015
With cervical cancer screening the choice of 1-year as a period of follow-up in positive high-risk HPV women without cytological lesions is still under discussion. We evaluated the management of these women and the role of HPV genotyping test.
Bellardini, Paola, Cacciotti, Jessica, Chiappetta, Caterina, DI CRISTOFANO, Claudio, Lendaro, Eugenio, Migliore, Giovanna, Petrozza, Vincenzo, Puggioni, Chiara, Rocca, Carlo Della, Zaralli, Roberto   +9 more
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Cancer pattern in Bhutan (2014–2022): Findings from population‐based cancer registry—A pathway to monitor cancer control activities

International Journal of Cancer, EarlyView.
What's New? The establishment in 2014 of the population‐based cancer registry (PBCR) of Bhutan created new opportunities for understanding national cancer trends, which previously were anticipated from data in neighbouring countries. This study presents the first nine‐year summary of cancer patterns in Bhutan, derived from PBCR data. From 2014 to 2022,
Phub Tshering, Ugyen Tshomo, Meera Chetri, Sumitra Suberi, Yangdon Yangdon, Laigden Dzed, Tshewang Lhadon, Sonali Bagal, Sharyu Mhamane, Atul Budukh   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Role of antibodies to human papillomavirus 16 in prostate cancer: A seroscreening by peptide microarray

Tumor Biology, 2017
Evidence is accumulating in estimating the potential role of human papillomavirus infection in prostate carcinogenesis. However, the results remain inconclusive.
Xiaojun Zhao, Zheng Zhou, Ye Chen, Wen Chen, Hongwei Ma, Jinxian Pu   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Educational inequalities in cervical cancer mortality in the Baltic countries and Finland in the context of organized screening: A register‐based study 2000–2015

International Journal of Cancer, EarlyView.
What's New? This study shows that absolute and relative educational inequalities in cervical cancer mortality are much larger in the Baltic countries than in Finland, where an organized screening programme was introduced more than 40 years earlier. After the introduction of organized screening, cervical cancer mortality declined among low‐educated ...
Oskar Nõmm, Kaire Innos, Domantas Jasilionis, Juris Krumins, Pekka Martikainen, Kersti Pärna, Andrew Stickley, Mall Leinsalu   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source