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Fighting the stigma of STI cancers

Discuss the challenges that come with having a cancer associated with a sexually transmitted infection (STI).

are we being selfish about farrah's death?

ariel1
  • By ariel1 · New reply July 1, 2009
  • 34 replies
  • i'm reading alot of posts by people who fell betrayed that more wasn't made of bringing awareness to the destructive ways of hpv, in the death of farrah fawcet. the day that she dies is not the day that ...

Good article on Farrah & Fighting HPV Stigma

corellin
  • By corellin · New reply June 29, 2009
  • 6 replies
  • Farrah Fawcett's Anal Cancer: Fighting the Stigma http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Story?id=79 39402&page=2 ...

crazy lawsuit

michellelwhitlock
  • By michellelwhitlock · New reply May 25, 2009
  • 13 replies
  • I heard a radio program talking about HPV yesterday morning. I was very upset because the host was misrepresenting HPV and cervical cancer...including calling the women nasty names and dirty. He was referencing ...

Stigma of HPV

meg09s
  • By meg09s · New reply May 21, 2009
  • 13 replies
  • When I first learned I had HPV, although I didn't automatically know what it was, I felt dirty. It was much like the feelings I had when an ex had given me Chlamydia four or so years ago (actually, research ...

Another Celeb with Cervical Cancer

corellin
  • By corellin · New reply February 5, 2009
  • 5 replies
  • http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people /news/jade-goodys-cancer-almost-certainl y-incurable-1545369.html ...

No one to talk to

LUCE
  • By LUCE · New reply January 22, 2009
  • 7 replies
  • Hi everybody. I'm having my leep done nxt wed, and although I' dreading it, I can't wait just to have it over and done with and get rid of my cin 111. I'm finding it harder and harder to cope with these ...

How does one bring the topic of hpv into a new relationship????

me1973
  • By me1973 · New reply December 3, 2008
  • 3 replies
  • My question is since being told I have hpv I was married and now divorced for sometime.I have avoided being intimate as not to have to bring up the subject of this to anyone.My hpv is dormant and has ...

Beginning the search...

sweet_annabelle23
  • By sweet_annabelle23 · New reply November 21, 2008
  • 3 replies
  • First of all, I have to say how touched I am by everyone in this community. I am a newbie to HPV. Three years ago, at 19 years old, I had an abnormal pap with results showing ASC-US. An HPV test returned ...

Can we STOP the madness?

Dacattmell
  • By Dacattmell · New reply November 6, 2008
  • 8 replies
  • In this day and time, a world scarey, not to mention DANGEROUS now days...it truly amazes me the STIGMAS placed on people DAILY. To actually think (and know) people are TOO afraid to go to a Doctor to ...

stopcancernow: The latest issue of the NCI Cancer Bulletin is now available at http://www.cancer.gov/ncicancerbulletin.

stopcancernow: For info. about cancer, visit the NCI Web site at http://www.cancer.gov or call NCI's Cancer Info. Service at: 1-800-4-CANCER

stopcancernow: Proteomics studies interactions between proteins, which often work in a tag-team fashion to send important signals within a cell.

stopcancernow: Wisconsin resolution (S.J.R. 12) designated April 19-25 2009 as Minority Cancer Awareness Week.

stopcancernow: Arkansas and Penn. lawmakers passed 'recent' resolutions making January Cervical Cancer Awareness month in their states.

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