"A therapeutic vaccine designed to help the immune system better control human papillomavirus (HPV) was nearly 50 percent effective in eliminating precancerous genital lesions, according to a study published November 5 in The New England Journal of Medicine. These encouraging data raise hopes for treating other HPV-related cancers, notably of the cervix and anus.
"Currently, two vaccines are approved in the United States to prevent infection with the strains of HPV that can cause cervical and anal cancer: Merck’s Gardasil and GSK’s Cervarix. Neither vaccine, however, has any effect on HPV once a person has become infected with the cancer-causing strains of the virus."
Read more in POZ, November 13, 2009.
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