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Vaccine blocks cervical cancer The Charlotte Observer Fri, 07 Oct 2005 5:00 PM PDT An experimental vaccine to prevent the most common forms of cervical cancer proved 100 percent effective in a two-year test on more than 10,000 girls and women, drug maker Merck & Co. says. Vaccine stops cervical cancer Stuff Fri, 07 Oct 2005 4:14 PM PDT A vaccine to prevent cervical cancer, which kills 65 New Zealanders a year, may be available next year. Vaccine prevents onset of cervical cancer Reuters via Yahoo! News Thu, 06 Oct 2005 7:51 PM PDT A vaccine that targets a human wart virus completely prevented early-stage cervical cancer and precancerous lesions in women caused by the two most common forms of the virus, Merck & Co. Inc. said on Thursday. An end to cervical cancer? Newsday Fri, 07 Oct 2005 9:05 AM PDT The first global study of a vaccine designed to prevent cervical cancer has shown that a series of three shots is 100 percent effective at thwarting viruses that lead to malignancy. Merck: Cervical Cancer Vaccine Effective AP via Yahoo! News Thu, 06 Oct 2005 8:02 PM PDT The first major study of an experimental vaccine to prevent cervical cancer found it was 100 percent effective, in the short term, at blocking the disease and lesions likely to turn cancerous, the drugmaker Merck & Co. said Thursday. Its shares rose nearly 6 percent. Vaccine said to block cervical cancer Miami Herald Fri, 07 Oct 2005 11:28 AM PDT An experimental vaccine against cervical cancer has cleared its final clinical hurdle, showing in a large trial of more than 12,000 women that it is 100 percent effective in blocking the major forms of the disease, its manufacturer said Thursday. Cervical cancer prevented in 2-year study / Experimental vaccine shows promise in halting early stages of disease San Francisco Chronicle Fri, 07 Oct 2005 3:37 AM PDT An experimental vaccine to prevent cervical cancer protected virtually all the women who took it during a large international trial, boosting chances that future generations of girls throughout the world might live their lives free of risk of the disease.... First large test shows vaccine prevents cervical cancer Newsday Fri, 07 Oct 2005 9:20 AM PDT TRENTON, N.J. -- The first large study of an experimental cervical cancer vaccine found it was 100 percent effective, in the short term, at blocking the most common cause of the disease, the vaccine's maker said Thursday. Test Shows Vaccine Gardasil Effective Against Cervical Cancer RedNova Fri, 07 Oct 2005 9:02 AM PDT Test shows vaccine Gardasil effective against cervical cancer LOS ANGELES, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- A newly developed vaccine is 100 percent effective against cervical cancer in phase III clinical tests, pharmaceutical giant Merck Inc. reported on Thursday. Test shows vaccine prevents cervical cancer The Charlotte Observer Fri, 07 Oct 2005 8:00 AM PDT 10:40 a.m. The first major study of an experimental vaccine to prevent cervical cancer found it was 100 percent effective, in the short term, at blocking the disease and lesions likely to turn cancerous, drug maker Merck & Co said.

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