Cervical cancer: Technical reports
2013
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Situational Analysis of Cervical Cancer Prevention and Control in the Caribbean
This report summarizes the results of a recent assessment of non-Latin Caribbean country policies and services for cervical cancer prevention and control. It is intended to provide a snapshot of the currently available services and capacity, and to serve as a reference for program strengthening.
2011
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PAHO. Progress in Cervical Cancer Prevention: The CCA Report Card, 2011
Based on the laboratory work of Professor zur Hausen and his colleagues and critical Epidemiological studies of Dr. Nubia Muñoz and her colleagues, research over the past decades has shown infection with certain cancer-causing types of human papillomavirus (HPV) to be the necessary, but not sufficient, cause of cervical cancer.