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Statins tied to lowered liver cancer risk with hepatitis C

People infected with chronic hepatitis C are less likely to develop liver cancer if they are taking cholesterol-lowering drugs, new research from Taiwan suggests.

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9 hours ago
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Reuters
Cervical cancer a major threat to HIV-positive women

HIV-positive women are living longer, but are now dying of cervical cancer. In Zimbabwe, cervical cancer is now the most common cancer among women, particularly those living with HIV. Activists are urging the government to step up efforts to prevent deaths related to the disease, accusing it of paying lip service to the problem.

Published
08 February 2013
From
IRIN Plus News
Vaccine group funds cervical cancer immunizations for poor

The GAVI global vaccines group is to help protect more than 180,000 girls in eight countries across Africa and Asia from cervical cancer by funding immunization projects with vaccines from Merck and GlaxoSmithKline.

Published
04 February 2013
From
Reuters
HIV Patients At Two-Fold Higher Risk For Non-Melanoma Skin Cancers

HIV-positive patients have a higher incidence of non-melanoma skin cancers, according to a Kaiser Permanente study that appears in the current online issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Specifically, basal cell and squamous cell carcinomas occur more than twice as often among HIV-positive individuals compared to those who are HIV-negative.

Published
31 January 2013
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HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today
Cervical Cancer Screening In Less-Developed Areas Should Be Tailored To Local Conditions

The best approach to detecting cervical cancer in HIV-positive women living in research limited countries such as those in Sub-Saharan Africa combines commonly used testing methods tailored to local levels of development and medical infrastructure, according to a study by researchers from and the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa and the University of North Carolina.

Published
16 January 2013
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HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today
Protease inhibitors linked to higher anal cancer rate in US group

Longer treatment with protease inhibitors (PIs) independently raised the anal cancer rate in a study of men and women in California’s Kaiser Permanente healthcare system. Longer antiretroviral use lowered rates of AIDS-defining cancers.

Published
23 November 2012
From
International AIDS Society
HPV vaccine may benefit HIV-infected women

Women with HIV may benefit from a vaccine for human papillomavirus (HPV), despite having already been exposed to HPV, a study finds. Although many may have been exposed to less serious forms of HPV, more than 45 percent of sexually active young women who have acquired HIV appear never to have been exposed to the most common high-risk forms of HPV.

Published
09 November 2012
From
NIH press release
Cancer doctors pledge to take prevention and treatment to the poor

Aids doctors joined activists to lead the fight for treatment in the developing world. Cancer doctors are taking the first tentative steps towards adopting their mantle.

Published
05 November 2012
From
The Guardian
SOUTHERN AFRICA: Governments failing to address cervical cancer

Cervical cancer is the leading cause of cancer death among women in southern Africa, but new research reveals that governments' attempts to address the disease have been inadequate. Access to cervical cancer screening services is minimal, few countries in the region have policies on the disease, and treatment remains a major challenge.

Published
01 November 2012
From
IRIN Plus News
Risk For Esophageal, Stomach Cancers Increased In Patients With AIDS

People with AIDS are at increased risk for developing esophageal and stomach carcinoma as well as non-Hodgkin lymphomas (NHLs), according to a new study in Gastroenterology, the official journal of the American Gastroenterological Association.

Published
25 October 2012
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HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today
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