Cervical Cancer-Free Coalition

Cervical Cancer-Free Coalition Eliminating Cervical Cancer Through Screening, Vaccination, and Education Cervical cancer is caused by persistent HPV infection.

The CCFC strategy is based on a framework for fighting cervical cancer developed at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health. The Carolina Framework identifies four key challenges to eradication of cervical cancer that our comprehensive public health strategy will address:

1.HPV infection. HPV vaccination can offer protection against the two HPV types (HPV 16 and 18) responsible for more t

han 70% of cervical cancers. HPV vaccines are underused among young adolescent females, with under one in two having received at least one dose of the three dose vaccine.

2.Lack of screening. At least 50% of cervical cancer deaths are due to lack of screening. Although cervical cancer screening is highly effective for reducing cervical cancer mortality, between 30% and 50% of women in the United States have not been screened in the last three years.

3.Screening errors. About one third of cervical cancer deaths are due to Pap screening errors. Combining more sensitive HPV testing with Pap testing may increase our ability to detect precancerous lesions.

4.Not receiving follow-up care. One in six cervical cancer deaths are due to lack of follow up for abnormal Pap smear results. This problem particularly affects women from minority groups and rural areas.

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11/22/2017

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06/10/2016

New ASCO Guidelines

The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) has published its first resource-stratified guidelines on the clinical practice of invasive cervical cancer. The report, published in the Journal of Global Oncology (May, 2016), classifies the new recommendations into four tiers: basic, limited, enhanced, and maximal.
Some of the key recommendations are:
• In basic settings where patients cannot be treated with radiation therapy, extrafascial hysterectomy either alone or after chemotherapy may be an option for women with stage IA1 to IVA cervical cancer.
• Concurrent radiotherapy and chemotherapy is standard in enhanced and maximal settings for women with stage IB to IVA disease.The panel stresses the addition of low-dose chemotherapy during radiotherapy, but not at the cost of delaying radiation therapy if chemotherapy is not available in limited settings.
• For patients with stage IV or recurrent cervical cancer, single-agent chemotherapy (carboplatin or cisplatin) is recommended in basic settings.
• Where resources are constrained, single- or short-course radiotherapy schemes can be used with retreatments if feasible for persistent or recurrent symptoms.

You can see the full guidelines here:
http://jgo.ascopubs.org/content/early/2016/05/21/JGO.2016.003954.full

06/10/2016

More reason to exercise!

A recent study published in the Journal of Lower Ge***al Tract Disease (April, 2016) found that women diagnosed with cervical cancer were more likely to report being physically inactive than women without cervical cancer. The case-control study included 128 patients diagnosed with cervical cancer and 512 women who were not diagnosed with cervical cancer. Both groups of women completed a questionnaire about their physical activity defined by the 2008 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans. The guidelines defined “inactive” physical activity as less than four sessions of exercise per month. By analyzing these results, it was discovered that being physically inactive was associated with a 2.5 fold-higher risk of cervical cancer.
For more details, click on the link below: http://journals.lww.com/jlgtd/Abstract/publishahead/Impact_of_Physical_Inactivity_on_Risk_of.99617.aspx

Objective: In this study, we investigated whether physical inactivity was associated with risk of cervical cancer in women treated at an American cancer hospital. Methods: This case-control study included 128 patients with cervical cancer and 512 controls matched on age. Controls were women susp...

01/28/2016

New Research Finds That One Dose of the HPV Vaccine Might Be Effective

A study published in Lancet Oncology on June 9th, 2015 finds that one dose of the HPV vaccine might be effective for HPV infection prevention. Researchers from the U.S. National Cancer Institute and other organizations reviewed trials that were previously conducted on 24,000 young women. The goal was to estimate how much protection the women were able to receive from different numbers of doses. Vaccine efficacy against incident HPV-16/18 infections for three doses was 77.0% (95% CI 74.7–79.1), two doses was 76.0% (62·0–85·3), and one dose was 85.7% (70.7–93.7). A change in dosage could increase the number of young women vaccinated by reducing the cost of the vaccines.
Read the study here: http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanonc/article/PIIS1470-2045(15)00047-9/fulltext

01/28/2016

ACOG Updates Recommendations to Include 9-valent HPV Vaccine

A key role of obstetrician/gynecologists and other healthcare providers is to provide patients and their parents with information on the benefits and safety of the HPV vaccine, and to encourage adolescents to receive this vaccine. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) updated its 2014 recommendations to include the new 9-valent HPV vaccine, also recommended by CDC for girls and boys aged 11 to 12 years. Those who do not receive the HPV vaccine during the target age range should undergo catch-up vaccination until age 26 years. Read more at:
http://www.acog.org/Resources-And-Publications/Committee-Opinions/Committee-on-Adolescent-Health-Care/Human-Papillomavirus-Vaccination

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