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Last update - 12:17 18/06/2008 Nahariya hospital pioneering method to detect cervical cancer virus By Jack Khoury, Haaretz Correspondent Tags: hospitals, cancer, Israel The Western Galilee Hospital in Nahariya is the first hospital in Israel to implement a new method of detecting the human papilloma virus (HPV), which causes cervical cancer. Dr. Yaakov Borenstein, who runs the hospital's women's health unit, described the HPV test Tuesday at a gynecologists' conference at the Dan Carmel Hotel in Haifa. The test, which characterizes the virus' genetic material - the most precise way to test for the virus - is 97 percent accurate, compared to just 50 percent for the more familiar Pap smears. The method also allows far earlier detection, because it diagnoses the presence of the virus instead of looking for pre-cancerous changes, as do Pap smears. Advertisement Cervical cancer is the second most common form of cancer - after breast cancer - affecting women around the world, said Borenstein. HPV has been shown over recent years to be closely related to cervical cancer and pre-cancerous states. The Israel Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology recommends that women between the ages of 25 and 60 be tested every three years. Related articles: New drug for advanced breast cancer being tested in Israel Cancer researcher: Children's cellular phone use should be limited Bookmark to del.icio.us   Religious pressure Tel Aviv supermarket chain agrees gradual Shabbat closure. Overgenerous diplomacy UN envoy: Israel has given Syria a 'huge gift' for free.   1.   DR BEN ALLOFS Are you going to tell your patients to boycott this 06:24  |  PETER SM 18/06/08   2.   And the doctors are working under shity conditions 08:31  |  Ivan 18/06/08   3.   this is in the right direction 13:17  |  Dr.Ricardo Steinbaum 18/06/08   4.   hpv testing 13:49  |  joe berger 18/06/08   5.   but the kupot cholim claim there`s no such test 14:24  |  rpc 18/06/08   6.   More info? 15:08  |  Hastaroth 18/06/08

Read & React Israel okays Gaza truce, will take effect Thursday Responses: 175 M. Arens: Olmert dead wrong for saying next U.S. President won't be as friendly as Bush Responses: 30 Sarkozy aide: Olmert and Assad could meet in Paris next month Responses: 40 Editorial: Law to ban Arab MKs from visiting enemy states is an insulting PR ploy Responses: 26 ANALYSIS / Cease-fire deal means Hamas is calling the shots Responses: 53 Rosner's Domain Will next U.S. Congress top current record number of Jewish lawmakers? Guests: Weak relationship between later marriage and intermarriage To Republicans Iran's a threat, to Democrats not so much (WTR) Poll: Cease fire in Gaza is an achievement for... Obama, McCain aides agree: Israel, U.S. must discuss strike on Iran More Headlines 14:55 Israel okays Gaza truce, says will ease blockade 14:38 Israel says it's ready to begin peace talks with Lebanon 14:41 Sarkozy aide: Olmert and Assad could meet in Paris next month 14:59 Syrian FM: We back Gaza truce, hope Israel fulfills commitments 12:23 ANALYSIS / Cease-fire deal means Hamas is calling the shots 14:45 Shas MK: 300,000 Jews still in Ethiopia eligible for immigration 13:34 MKs back referendum on Golan, East Jerusalem withdrawals 13:16 King of Jordan: 'Serious mistake' to miss chance for Israeli-Palestinian peace by end of 2008 08:48 Civil Administration officials indicted in West Bank land steal 12:03 State, primary school teachers strike NIS 5.5 billion labor pact 07:16 Holocaust survivors from former USSR denied reparations 07:20 Czech leader pledges to advance EU-Israel relations 12:17 Nahariya hospital pioneering method to detect cervical cancer virus Previous Editions Select Day 17 jun 16 jun 15 jun 13 jun 12 jun 11 jun 10 jun 09 jun 08 jun 06 jun 05 jun 04 jun

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