虽然美国宫颈癌率自20世纪50年代以来,由于PAP测试和国家筛查计划,但疾病仍然是低收入和中等收入国家的妇女的领先杀手,以便缺乏进入筛查和培训的提供者。
凯瑟琳·施梅拉,医学博士,妇科肿瘤和生殖医学教授,正在努力改变这一现状。她预防和治疗宫颈癌的工作已经取得了进展。
![Kathleen Schmeler,医学博士,在德克萨斯州泰勒市的宫颈癌预防培训课程中教授热消融术。热消融通过加热去除在宫颈癌筛查中发现的癌前增生。](http://www.windowstask.com/content/mda/en/publications/cancer-frontline/2020/02/extending-cervical-cancer-prevention-around-the-world/_jcr_content/blog/adaptiveimage/xfeatured.resize.jpg.pagespeed.ic.pRxSgkuqT4.jpg)
Despite the fact that the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine has been available in the U.S. for over 10 years and remains the only vaccine to protect against multiple types of cancer, several recent studies show that public knowledge about the vaccine and HPV’s relationship to cancer remains low.
HPV负责90%的宫颈癌和肛门癌症,70%的口咽(喉咙)癌症。
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![三项研究表明,通过HPV疫苗对HPV,各种癌症和癌症预防之间的关系缺乏意识。](http://www.windowstask.com/content/mda/en/publications/cancer-frontline/2019/10/multiple-studies-show-major-lack-of-public-knowledge-about-hpv-v/_jcr_content/blog/xadaptiveimage.resize.jpg.pagespeed.ic.oEh-vpht58.jpg)