Other highlights in the Feb. 26 JNCI

Link between nationality and cervical cancer
(Karolinska Institutet) Gynecological screening tests for cervical cancer have been available to all women in Sweden for almost four decades. Despite...

Experts: HPV Vaccine a Preteen Priority
The vaccine against human papillomavirus (HPV), the sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer, will be most cost-effective in the U.S....

Cervical cancer shots less cost-effective with age
ATLANTA (AP) -- An expensive vaccine aimed at preventing cervical cancer makes sense for young teens when it comes to cost-effectiveness, but not for...

Breaking the 'mucus barrier' with a new drug delivery system
(American Chemical Society) Chemical engineers from Johns Hopkins University have broken the "mucus barrier," engineering the first drug-delivery...

Vitamin C 'slows cancer growth'
An injection of a high dose of vitamin C may be able to hold back the advance of cancers, US scientists say.