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Summaries of Newsworthy Clinical Trial Results

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Cervical Cancer Home Page 1
NCI's gateway for information about cervical cancer.

Search for Clinical Trials 2
NCI's PDQ® Cancer Clinical Trials Registry.
Cervical Cancer Trial Results
1.  Treatment Regimen Extends Survival for Women with Cervical Cancer 3
(Posted: 06/29/2009) - Patients with locally advanced cervical cancer who received gemcitabine (Gemzar®) both as part of initial treatment and as part of therapy following primary treatment had improved survival compared with patients whose treatment did not include gemcitabine, according to findings presented at the 2009 ASCO meeting in Orlando.

2.  Incomplete Excision a Risk for Those With Precancerous Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia (CIN) 4
(Posted: 12/10/2007) - A precancerous condition known as cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) is more likely to come back after surgery to remove the abnormal cells if the cells aren't completely removed, according to the November 2007 Lancet Oncology.

3.  HPV Vaccine Not Effective for Treating Pre-Existing Infections 5
(Posted: 08/28/2007) - A vaccine developed to prevent infection with human papillomaviruses (HPV), the cause of cervical cancer, was found to be ineffective for treating women with pre-existing HPV infections, according to a study published in the August 15, 2007, Journal of the American Medical Association.

4.  Second HPV Vaccine Shows Early Positive Results 6
(Posted: 07/17/2007) - The vaccine Cervarix® was 90 percent effective against two types of human papillomavirus (HPV) that can cause cervical cancer, according to the June 30, 2007, Lancet.

5.  Long-Term Data Support Cisplatin-Based Chemoradiation for Cervical Cancer 7
(Posted: 05/29/2007) - Women with cervical cancer that had spread locally or regionally who received the chemotherapy drug cisplatin in addition to radiation therapy lived significantly longer than women who received a different kind of chemoradiation, according to the July 1, 2007, Journal of Clinical Oncology.
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Table of Links

1http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/types/cervical
2http://www.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials/search
3http://www.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials/results/gemcitabine_cervical0609
4http://www.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials/results/CIN1207
5http://www.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials/results/HPV0807
6http://www.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials/results/HPV-vaccine0707
7http://www.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials/results/cisplatin-cervical0507
8http://www.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials/results/cervical?keyword=any+cervical&page
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9http://www.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials/results/cervical?keyword=any+cervical&page
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