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Benefits Of Hpv Vaccination In Adolescent Males, Budd Theriot
Benefits Of Hpv Vaccination In Adolescent Males, Budd Theriot
Physician Assistant Scholarly Project Posters
HPV is the most common sexually transmitted infection in the United States, affecting approximately 75-80% of young adults at some point in their lives, and it is also known to be directly related to several forms of cancer including cervical, vaginal, penile, anal, oral, and oropharyngeal cancer. Vaccination against several high-risk strains of HPV first became available in the U.S. in June of 2006 and has been proven to be effective in creating antibodies against several strains of high-risk HPV, potentially decreasing and preventing more than 30,000 new cases of HPV related cancers each year. Despite this fact, HPV vaccination …
Use Of Beta Antagonists Or Hmg Coa Reductase Inhibitors For Cardio Protection During Chemotherapy In Oncology Patients, Nichole Streich
Use Of Beta Antagonists Or Hmg Coa Reductase Inhibitors For Cardio Protection During Chemotherapy In Oncology Patients, Nichole Streich
Physician Assistant Scholarly Project Posters
Over the years, oncologists are better able to fight cancer and have increased cancer survival, but we are also finding that these lifesaving therapies can affect the heart and other parts of the body in a negative way. Chemotherapy is excellent at destroying cancer cells, but it also causes collateral damage to other healthy cells. There are certain chemotherapeutic agents that are known to cause cardiotoxicity. Currently we are monitoring the heart function of the patients who are receiving these cardiotoxic drugs prior to starting the chemotherapy as well as during and after treatment. However, there are currently no recommendations …