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On the front lines of prevention: Local provider urges cervical cancer screening, HPV vaccination
BY ANNIE HOLLER MOUNTAIN CITIZEN An illness that often develops without symptoms remains one of the most preventable cancers facing women today — if it is caught in time. Health providers say routine Pap smears and early HPV vaccination continue to be the most powerful tools for stopping cervical cancer before it becomes life-threatening. That
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UK hosts national meeting to raise immunization rate for vaccine against cervical and other HPV cancers, in which Kentucky leads U.S.
BY MELISSA PATRICK KENTUCKY HEALTH NEWS Kentucky leads the nation in the rate of cases of and deaths from cervical cancer, a disease that is largely preventable by a vaccine. The vaccine targets the human papillomavirus, which can cause cancers of the cervix, genitals, anus, neck and head. Kentucky also leads the nation in cancers
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Kentucky leads nation in advanced cervical cancer fatalities
BY NADIA RAMLAGAN January is Cervical Health Awareness Month and health experts said they are concerned about the growing number of cervical cancer diagnoses nationwide. Kentucky already has the highest rate of cervical cancer in the U.S., with the state’s Appalachian region having cases at twice the national rate. Rebecca Gibran, CEO of Planned Parenthood
