Scientists have identified the eight human papillomavirus (HPV) types responsible for more than 90 per cent of cervical cancer cases worldwide and say they should be the targets for the next generation of vaccines.
Drugmakers GlaxoSmithKline and Merck & Co. already make vaccines against HPV strains that cause many cases of cervical cancer, which is the second most common cancer in women worldwide and is expected to kill 328,000 this year.
Celebration: Megrahi returns to Libya with Gaddafi's son
The Lockerbie bomber refused chemotherapy in a Scottish prison in an attempt to make his condition deteriorate and force his release, it was claimed yesterday.
Abdelbaset Al Megrahi was believed to be terminally ill with prostate cancer when he was sent home to Libya on compassionate grounds exactly a year ago.
But since his release Megrahi has responded well to a similar treatment – which is available on the NHS – and there claims that he could live another seven years.
Developing countries will bear 60 per cent of the world’s cancer burden by 2020 and 70 per cent by 2030, but are not prepared for the looming crisis, cancer experts warned in a report today.
These countries do not have the infrastructure in place to prevent cancer, diagnose it early or provide long-term treatment, according to CanTreat International, which comprises experts from leading international cancer organisations.
“Developed countries have been setting up plans and systems to cope with cancer all the time, but developing countries are not ready ... treatment, diagnoses are made very late or not at all, so the (death) toll is much, much higher,” Joseph Saba, a medical doctor and member of the group, said in an interview.
The U.S. Capitol is seen in the background as flags fly at half-staff at the Washington Monument in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2009, in honor of the passing of Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass
Alex Gahl, left, and her friend Rylee Thomas, both 2, accompany Rylee's mother April, top, of Marstons Mills, Mass., to pay their respects to Sen. Edward Kennedy outside the Kennedy compound, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2009, in Hyannisport, Mass
The front pages of newspapers announce the death of Sen. Edward Kennedy at a newsstand in Harvard Square in Cambridge, Mass., Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2009.
Newspaper vender Curtis Thomas displays the front page of Chicago Tribune as he yells the news about the death of U.S. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2009 in Chicago. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts, the last surviving brother in a political dynasty and one of the most influential senators in history, died Tuesday night at his home on Cape Cod after a year-long struggle with brain cancer. He was 77
A news ticker in New York's Times Square announces the death of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2009. The last surviving brother in a political dynasty and one of the most influential senators in history, died Tuesday night at his home on Cape Cod after a year-long struggle with brain cancer. He was 77
Suzanne Norton, of Oak Hill, Va., left, and Shirley Shiflett, of Springfield, Va., look at at a newspaper article remembering Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., at a display outside the Newseum in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2009. Kennedy, the last surviving brother in an enduring political dynasty, died Tuesday night at his home on Cape Cod after a yearlong battle with brain cancer. He was 77
Madelynne Norton, 12, of Oak Hill, Va., looks at at a newspaper article remembering Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., at a display outside the Newseum in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2009. Kennedy, the last surviving brother in an enduring political dynasty, died Tuesday night at his home on Cape Cod after a yearlong battle with brain cancer. He was 77
Madelynne Norton, 12, of Oak Hill, Va., left, and her grandmother Shirley Shiflett, of Springfield, Va., look at at a newspaper article remembering Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., at a display outside the Newseum in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2009. Kennedy, the last surviving brother in an enduring political dynasty, died Tuesday night at his home on Cape Cod after a yearlong battle with brain cancer. He was 77
Meagan Manning, a staff member for Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., answers phone calls in Kennedy's office on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2009. Kennedy, the last surviving brother in an enduring political dynasty, died Tuesday night at his home on Cape Cod after a yearlong battle with brain cancer. He was 77
In Kennedy's Office Business cards for Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., sit atop a desk in Kennedy's office on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2009. Kennedy, the last surviving brother in an enduring political dynasty, died Tuesday night at his home on Cape Cod after a yearlong battle with brain cancer. He was 77
Henry Sanford, staff assistant for Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., takes a seat while waiting in Kennedy's office on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2009. Kennedy, the last surviving brother in an enduring political dynasty, died Tuesday night at his home on Cape Cod after a yearlong battle with brain cancer. He was 77
A flag flies at half-staff at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2009, in honor of Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., the last surviving brother in an enduring political dynasty, who died Tuesday night at his home on Cape Cod after a yearlong battle with brain cancer. He was 77
The Lincoln Memorial is seen in the background as flags fly at half-staff at the Washington Monument in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2009, in honor of the passing of Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass.
