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Cancer death rates decrease; cases of liver cancer on rise Seattle Times Thu, 06 Oct 2005 2:30 PM PDT Liver cancer seems to be on the rise, a blip of bad news in the nation's otherwise optimistic annual report on cancer that shows survival... Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer 1975-2002, with a Special Feature on Treatment Trends: Questions National Cancer Institute Fri, 07 Oct 2005 11:17 AM PDT For the period 1992 to 2002, prostate, lung, colon/rectum in men and breast, colon/rectum, and lung in women continue to be the leading types of cancer for incidence and mortality for each racial and ethnic group. An end to cervical cancer? Newsday Fri, 07 Oct 2005 9:05 AM PDT The first global study of a vaccine designed to prevent cervical cancer has shown that a series of three shots is 100 percent effective at thwarting viruses that lead to malignancy. Vaccine prevents cervical cancer Baltimore Sun Fri, 07 Oct 2005 3:34 AM PDT Large study finds near-100% success against HPV cause In what is hailed as a public health breakthrough, a pharmaceutical company reported yesterday that an injected vaccine can prevent the vast majority of cervical cancer cases. Cancer Risk Factors of Vietnamese Americans in Rural South Alabama RedNova Fri, 07 Oct 2005 2:47 AM PDT By Xu, Yu; Ross, M Candice; Ryan, Rebecca; Wang, Bin Purpose: To identify aggregate-specific cancer risk factors of Vietnamese Americans in south Alabama and present a comparison with available national data and Healthy People 2010 targets. Design: Cross-sectional survey. Merck's Experimental Vaccine Prevents Cervical Cancer (Update5) Bloomberg.com Thu, 06 Oct 2005 4:44 PM PDT Oct. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Merck & Co. said an experimental vaccine prevented cervical cancer caused by two common forms of a sexually transmitted virus, which infects more than 5.5 million Americans each year. Merck vaccine fights cervical cancer Connecticut Post Fri, 07 Oct 2005 6:40 AM PDT Merck & Co. on Thursday announced a breakthrough vaccine that prevents cervical cancer by targeting the virus that causes it. Studies found the vaccine is 100 percent effective in the short term. Vaccine effective in fighting disease that causes cervical cancer Kansas City Star Thu, 06 Oct 2005 4:53 PM PDT PHILADELPHIA - (KRT) - A long-sought dream - a vaccine to eradicate most cases of deadly cervical cancer worldwide - moved closer to realization Thursday with Merck & Co.'s announcement that short-term studies have shown its drug to be 100 percent effective in combating the virus that causes the disease. Breast cancer prevention: Lifestyle choices and more Mayo Clinic Thu, 06 Oct 2005 10:53 PM PDT If you're like most women hoping to avoid breast cancer, you're looking for something you can do — some changes you can make in your life — that will steer you away from the disease.

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