http://www.medrants.com/archives/2540 Internal medicine, American health care, and especially medical education Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:15:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.medrants.com/archives/2540/comment-page-1#comment-75859 June Mon, 10 Oct 2005 14:33:21 +0000 http://medrants.com/?p=2540#comment-75859 Does this mean that women will need less HPV or Pap test in future ? Does this mean that women will need less HPV or Pap test in future ?

]]> http://www.medrants.com/archives/2540/comment-page-1#comment-75695 I. Breshinski Sun, 09 Oct 2005 19:43:57 +0000 http://medrants.com/?p=2540#comment-75695 The HPV vaccine is a major breakthrough since it is the first time that a vaccine prevents cancer. The door is now open for a new direction for cancer prevention. It will proove to be cost effective and as such Third world countries will be able to immunize rather than buy diagnostic, surgical, medical, oncological teams to care for cervical cancer patients. Moreover, the cost is not tremendous and UNICEF should afford it. Lastly, this project costed Merck 500 million dollars and it is hoped that this glorious company will not go under due to the unjustified Vioxx litigation. The HPV vaccine is a major breakthrough since it is the first time that a vaccine prevents cancer. The door is now open for a new direction for cancer prevention. It will proove to be cost effective and as such Third world countries will be able to immunize rather than buy diagnostic, surgical, medical, oncological teams to care for cervical cancer patients. Moreover, the cost is not tremendous and UNICEF should afford it. Lastly, this project costed Merck 500 million dollars and it is hoped that this glorious company will not go under due to the unjustified Vioxx litigation.

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