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Preventing a cancer

June 18, 2006

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EACH YEAR, about 3,900 women die of cervical cancer in the United States. In time, that toll should decline significantly with the approval of the first vaccine against the disease on June 8. But the greatest potential benefit of Merck's Gardasil vaccine will come only if parents, doctors, policymakers, public health professionals, and school officials work together to ensure that ... (Full article: 454 words)

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