Study Firms Up Promise Of Potential New Cervical Cancer Screening Tool

New research into the causes of cervical cancer appears to lend weight to the promise of a potential early detection method that could help prevent the disease.According to a study involving scientists from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, persistent infection with human papillomavirus (HPV) could be a useful clinical marker for increased risk of cervical cancer, the second most common cancer in women worldwide.

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Filed under: Cervical Cancer on May 22nd, 2008