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Jessica Buck DiSilvestro1, Keely K Ulmer2, Madeline Hedges3
1Brown University, Providence, RI, USA; Women & Infants Hospital, 101 Dudley Street, Providence, RI 02905, USA.
Abstract:
American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) individuals have twice the mortality rate of cervical cancer than the general US population. Participation in prevention programs such as cervical cancer screening and human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination are under-utilized in this population. There are high rates of established cervical cancer risk factors among this community, with AI/AN people having a higher likelihood of infection with high-risk HPV strains not included in the 9-valent vaccine. There is a need for more robust and urgent prevention and treatment efforts in regard to cervical cancer in the AI/AN community.
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