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A vaccine for cervical cancer gets key backing.
Byline: Dunstan Prial
May 19--A federal panel Thursday recommended approval of the first cervical cancer vaccine, which holds the promise of reducing the second-most prevalent form of cancer in women by two-thirds.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, which almost always follows such recommendations, is expected to make a final decision by June 8 on Gardasil, made by Merck & Co. of Whitehouse Station.
In the United States, an estimated 10,000 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer each year, and 10 women die each day from the disease.
"This is a great day for everyone," said Dr. William Hait, director of the Cancer Institute of New Jersey. "This is a very important advance in the prevention of cancer, in this case cervical cancer. For years, cancer researchers, myself…
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