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Cervical cancer prevention in U.S. should focus on vaccinating adolescent girls and revising screening policies
For immediate release: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 Boston, MA -- The cost-effectiveness of vaccination in the United States against human papillomavirus (HPV), a sexually-transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer, will be optimized by achieving universal vaccine coverage in…
Predicting survival for brain cancer patients
Is it possible to predict survival for patients with oligodendroglioma from aberrations in their DNA? According to a 2006 study by Rebecca Betensky and colleagues, the answer is yes. An analysis of DNA in 93 patients was completed…
The oddsmaker
[ Spring 2008 ] A math whiz takes on brain cancer, MS, and Alzheimer’s disease. Rebecca Betensky’s dad worked as a statistician for a global oil company on “credit rating stuff,” she says, so for a long time, she “stayed…
Newly identified gene variants associated with prostate cancer risk
Q&A with Co-author David Hunter of Harvard School of Public Health on Genome Scans and Pitfalls of Personal Profiling For Immediate Release: Sunday, February 10, 2008 Boston, MA - Three studies were published today on the advance online…