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HPV/cervical cancer vaccine prevention strategies

Discuss your prevention strategies, share your stories and help others ask the right questions about the HPV vaccine.

Anal pap/hpv again--which one did your dr. order?

brieaukirsch
  • By brieaukirsch · New reply yesterday at 6:48 pm
  • 15 replies
  • Hi all, I need help again from the gals who have had an anal pap. I assume most of you got a copy of your reports. Which hpv test did your dr. order for the anal pap? Was it Digene hc2 (same as cervical ...

Scholarships for HPV/Cervical Cancer Conference

rbiety
  • By rbiety · Posted yesterday at 11:03 am
  • 0 replies
  • SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE Would YOU like to APPLY for a scholarship to go to the Cervical Cancer-HPV conference this upcoming October 8-10, 2009 in Chicago, IL??? The NCCC is having its 3rd Annual ...

I CURED MY CIN3/CIS WHEN DOCTORS SAID IT WASN'T POSSIBLE! HERE'S HOW.

Curing_CIN3_onmyown
  • By Curing_CIN3_onmyown · New reply July 1, 2009
  • 6 replies
  • ALKALINE DIET The goal is to get your body PH at 8 to cure any element, disease or infection – also to get to idea weight/goal. 1. Get a book called Alkalize or Die. This will tell you all about the how ...

Will President Obama's daughters be vaccinated?

chamomile
  • By chamomile · New reply July 1, 2009
  • 3 replies
  • I was just reading an article about President Obama hugging a woman who has kidney cancer and, as a result, is uninsurable and unable to hold down a job. This got me thinking about the impact of our President ...

Recently found that I am HPV infected

Amy2009
  • By Amy2009 · New reply June 28, 2009
  • 4 replies
  • Since my first child birth 18months ago , I never enjoy sex, it is painful experience for me because viginal opening is very sore from one side. recently my doctor sent me for cervical biopsy and diagnose ...

Recurrence of same hpv type after 6 month mark

brieaukirsch
  • By brieaukirsch · New reply June 28, 2009
  • 7 replies
  • Hi all, it is well established that clearance of hpv 6 months post treatment is an excellent indicator that dysplasia will not recur, and that the hpv will stay "cleared" (whatever that means whether ...

Starting discussions here are Hard!

deblvsgiants
  • By deblvsgiants · New reply June 25, 2009
  • 3 replies
  • What on earth support group is this? I can't find my way around, and keep getting support emails from the same person, who, God Bless her soul, is welcoming everyone. Is there a regular forum that we ...

"It was just inflamation" How can I prevent it?

Turtletime
  • By Turtletime · New reply June 24, 2009
  • 1 reply
  • During my colposcopy last week, the doc was "concerned" about some spots and said it was "unusual" that my cervix had not healed 2 years after my LEEP. I'm happy to say that on Monday I was told that ...

CIN 2 and HPV vaccine

Miriamka
  • By Miriamka · New reply June 22, 2009
  • 2 replies
  • Hello, 3 weeks ago I underwent cone biopsy. The tests from the cut issue have shown that some ill issue still remained in me - CIN II. After my talks to physicians, I feel quite desperate- it seems that ...

HPV/CIN1 AND NOW A TUMOR?....

sonia40
  • By sonia40 · New reply June 22, 2009
  • 8 replies
  • Hi all you wonderful and understanding ladies..after not being treated very nicely at the womens hospital here in melbourne (australia) regarding me having cin1/hpv i decided to get a second opinion so ...

Separate scraping for hpv test (Digene hc2)?

brieaukirsch
  • By brieaukirsch · New reply June 19, 2009
  • 7 replies
  • Ladies, it has always been my understanding that the Digene hc2 is run from the same test (scraping/sample) as the pap. I thought that's why they call it "reflex testing"...in that most doctors will run ...

PCR test!

brieaukirsch
  • By brieaukirsch · New reply June 18, 2009
  • 1 reply
  • Looks like this is commercially available? Anyone had this done? Maybe even a regular doc can order this instead of a teaching institution doc? http://www.esoterix.com/files/ss_hpvdetx .pdf (for those ...

Positive Experience with LEEP

mmk1383
  • By mmk1383 · New reply June 15, 2009
  • 35 replies
  • Please share your positive experiences with LEEP. I think it would inspire many women to make the right decisions to get it done, while most of these postings make it very fearful ...

Malawi, AFRICA- STOP CERVICAL CANCER/HPV

aileen
  • By aileen · New reply June 13, 2009
  • 2 replies
  • BELOW IS A REPLY BLOG/EDITORIAL FROM THE NCCC REGARDING A NEWS STORY ABOUT A NEW CERVICAL CANCER SCREENING PROGRAM IN MALAWI, AFRICA. Alan PLEASE NOTE: Over the course of the NCCC's history, we have helped ...

Green Tea Study through Arizona Cancer Center

ShaundraNCCC-AZ
  • By ShaundraNCCC-AZ · Posted June 1, 2009
  • 0 replies
  • http://uanews.org/node/24247 Clinical Trial to Study Effects of Green Tea Extract on Cervical Cancer Prevention The Arizona Cancer Center is currently conducting a clinical investigation on the effects ...

HPV66

alwaysmiling
  • By alwaysmiling · Posted May 26, 2009
  • 0 replies
  • Just out of curiosity, does anyone out there have HPV66? What kind of dsyplasia has this caused and where (cervix, endocervical canal...)? There isn't that much information on this strain out there and ...

Anal HPV

hummingbird10
  • By hummingbird10 · New reply May 25, 2009
  • 19 replies
  • If I have tested positive for high risk HPV through a vaginal HPV test will it also show up positive in the anus or are they 2 seperate tests / results? Should I get an anal pap to check for HPV ...

I was infected by my Husband

believer113
  • By believer113 · New reply May 20, 2009
  • 5 replies
  • I recently went to see my OB doctor to follow up on a miscarriage. Everything is back to normal with the miscarriage but I tested positive for HPV. Having only had one sexual partner (my Husband) he infected ...

sex after colposcopy

hummingbird10
  • By hummingbird10 · New reply May 16, 2009
  • 8 replies
  • After getting my colposcopy results back I have been diagnosed with LSIL... I will not have a pap again for 6 months... I cant remember how long my doctor said to wait to have sex after the colposcopy ...

pelvic exenteration

Pammy1
  • By Pammy1 · New reply May 12, 2009
  • 26 replies
  • Has anyone here had a pelvic exenteration , or know someone who has ? I was hoping to find a survivor . My friend is headed that direction , and I wanted to find her more hope than I can give . Thank ...

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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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