Word: cancer
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Human papillomavirus (HPV), more commonly referred to as genital warts, is one of the most widespread STDs and can also lead to cervical cancer. What many Harvard students may not know is that HPV cannot always be prevented with the use of condoms...
...several studies conducted with college women, nearly half tested positive for HPV. It is estimated that 10 million American women have active viral infections and perhaps 10 percent of them have diseased tissue as a result. Papilloma is associated with 95 percent of cervical cancer cases...
...Cervical cancer kills 5,000 American women a year, and in countries where women do not have easy access to Pap smear tests, papillomavirus-related cervical cancer is the number one cause of cancer-related death...
...really slow-growing cancer," said Dr. Roy M. Ambinder, a clinical oncologist...
...cancer spreads to other parts of the body before doctors can detect it, the chance of survival over five years is around 31 percent. The surgery will help doctors determine the extent of Fineberg's cancer...