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Poorer Women & Girls Have Higher Risk of Cancer from Human Papillomavirus (HPV), According to New Cincinnati Children's Study.

Publication: PR Newswire
Publication Date: 29-JUN-07 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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CINCINNATI, June 29 /PRNewswire/ -- A new study by researchers at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center has found that poorer women and girls are more likely than those with incomes above the poverty line to be infected with types of human papillomavirus (HPV) that can cause cervical cancer. HPV is the most common sexually transmitted infection and some types put women at a higher risk of developing cervical cancer.

The study, published in the July issue of the Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, the official publication of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ACOG), found that women and girls from families with incomes below the poverty line have twice as high a rate of infection with the HPV types that may cause...

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