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April 20: Your Health Connection On Overcoming Cervical Cancer

Molecular Biologists in CCRTD laboratory

Your Health Connection with JaQuitta Williams returns at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 20 and features a look at diagnosing, treating and, surviving cervical and gynecologic cancer.  Cervical cancer affects approximately 12,000 women each year in America and, the Center for Cancer Research and Therapeutic Development (CCRTD) and Jazz 91.9 WCLK will feature a conversation you or the women in your life may be able to use to help bring about healthy outcomes in their lives.  

Host JaQuitta Williams will be joined by Dr. Evelyn Reynolds, a gynecological oncologist at Morehouse School of Medicine.   Your Health Connection is community engagement from CCRTD, The Center for Cancer Research and Therapeutic Development at Clark Atlanta University. Find out more about their good work by clicking here.

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JaQuitta WIlliams talks about cervical cancer with Oncologist Dr. Evelyn Reynolds on Your Health Connection from CCRTD on WCLK 4/20/16 part 2 of 3.

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JaQuitta WIlliams talks about cervical cancer with Oncologist Dr. Evelyn Reynolds on Your Health Connection from CCRTD on WCLK 4/20/16 part 3 of 3.

Dr. Kimberly Davis provides these current important links to medical articles about current issues regarding gynecologic cancer--

  • Just one HPV vaccine dose 'could be enough' to prevent cervical cancer

http://www.livescience.com/40909-hpv-vaccine-one-dose.html

  • HPV test 'more accurate' than Pap for cervical cancer screening

https://www.elsevier.com/about/press-releases/research-and-journals/screening-for-hpv-infection-alone-more-accurate-than-pap-test-in-the-detection-of-cervical-cancer,-especially-in-younger-women

 

  • Targeted drug 'prolongs survival for cervical cancer patients

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/03/140310090915.htm

  • Fewer HPV vaccine doses still protect against genital warts in girls

http://parentingpatch.com/fewer-doses-hpv-vaccine-still-protect-genital-warts/