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The proportion of adolescent girls receiving human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines was much lower in states with higher rates of cervical cancer incidence and mortality, according to data presented by doctoral student Jennifer Moss at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) conference on The Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved, held Nov. 9–12.

Members of the University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center played a major role in developing the recommendations in a President’s Cancer Panel (PCP) report urging a widespread public campaign to increase the rate of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination.

The Oncology Nursing Society Foundation selected MSN student Sean Gallagher, RN, for a 2013 APN/DNP Student Fellowship. Mr. Gallagher's fellowship will cover the costs of his research project "Survivors of HPV-Related Oropharyngeal Cancer--Knowledge of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and Impact of HPV on Sexual Intimacy."

A study of 2,519 Kenyan men conducted by researchers at the University of North Carolina revealed that infection with the human papillomavirus (HPV) was associated with a higher subsequent risk of infection with HIV, a precursor to AIDS.

Encouraging physicians to recommend human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine to adolescent boys and their parents - and educating the boys and their families about the importance of receiving the vaccine - are essential to reducing the cancers this virus can cause.

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Noel T. Brewer, PhD , is quoted in the article “HPV vaccine does not promote promiscuity; Cancer shot does not alter sexual behavior: study,” published today in The New York Daily News. Dr. Brewer is an associate professor in the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, an adjunct professor in …

Noel Brewer, a professor of public health at UNC who has also studied HPV vaccine use, said the public controversy has been less harmful than the fact that many doctors simply don’t know or choose not to recommend it, or that many parents have insurance plans that don’t cover the vaccine or charge large co-pays for it.

Chapel Hill - A University of North Carolina-led international study shows that among Kenyan men, circumcision is associated with a lower prevalence of human papillomavirus-associated precancerous lesions of the penis.

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HPV vaccine uptake among girls is lowest in states with highest rates of cervical cancer

UNC Lineberger members make major contribution to President’s Cancer Panel report on HPV vaccination

MSN Student Sean Gallagher Receives ONS Fellowship

HPV associated with increased risk of HIV infection in men

Survey of adolescent males and their parents shows low HPV vaccination rates

HPV vaccine study discussed, Brewer quoted

Laws aren’t enough to make sure girls are vaccinated for HPV

Male circumcision lowers prevalence of penile precancerous lesions among African men, UNC study finds