Word: cervix
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...Howard W. Ory, a student in the School of Public Health, last Thursday released a two-year study that shows some of the first evidence linking estrogen-progesterone birth control pills to the risk of pre-cancerous changes in the cervix...
...virus polio vaccine, told the National Academy of Sciences that the herpes simplex Type I virus (responsible for cold sores) may also cause cancers of the lip, mouth and throat, while the herpes Type II virus (which causes genital infections and has already been associated with cancer of the cervix) should also be considered suspect in other cancers of the genitourinary tract...
...viruses on studies conducted at the National Cancer Institute with Dr. Giulio Tarro of the University of Naples. The pair found "footprints" - antibodies produced by the body in response to the herpes viruses - in 56 patients with cancers of the lip, mouth, nose and throat, kidney, bladder, prostate, cervix and vulva. There was no trace of the antibodies in 81 patients with other malignancies, such as cancers of the lung, breast and lymphatic system, or in 51 patients without cancer...
...This is my uterus! Private property!" huffs Actor James Coco. "Please," says Robert Drivas, playing the tired claim jumper. "I've been swimming up that cervix for hours." The scene is as bizarre-and funny-as it sounds, but the message is purely educational. For Coco is a gonorrhea bacillus, and Drivas, his rival, is syphilis. Their little one-acter is part of an unprecedentedly frank one-hour special about the dangers of venereal disease that will be aired by the Public Broadcasting System next week...
...treatment methods, but the contrast between pancreatic cancers and many other types is startling. The three-year survival rate for patients with bladder cancer increased from 48% to 62% during the period covered by the study; for breast cancer, from 63% to 72%; for cancer of the cervix, from 53% to 63%. Improvements were also shown for cancers of the thyroid, prostate, larynx, brain, skin and bone...