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Protect yourself against cervical cancer: Ask for the HPV test

  • Cervical cancer is one of the few types of cancers that can be prevented through regular screening
  • Your health care provider can determine if you have harmful cell changes in your cervix that can be treated before they develop into cervical cancer
  • Find out if you carry the virus that puts you at increased risk of developing cervical cancer
  
You can do something to make sure no one you know gets cervical cancer.  Please give this public service announcement to your union communications office for the union publication/website.

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NYC Walk to Beat the Clock for HPV/Cervical Cancer Prevention and Awareness:
Saturday, September 13, 8 a.m. to noon

Join Takima and Friends for a 4K walkathon beginning at Carl Schurz Park at East End Avenue and East 86th Street on Manhattan’s Upper East Side.

CLUW participates in "Beat the Clock" Walk! 
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CLUW's commitment
to eliminating cervical cancer

No woman should suffer or die from cervical cancer. Get screened today!

In April 2003, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new screening test to help determine which women age 30 and over are at a higher risk of developing cervical cancer. This screening method uses a DNA test to detect human papillomavirus (HPV), one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases, in combination with a Pap test. The DNA test identifies the 13 types of HPV most commonly associated with cervical cancer.

At its March 2003 National Executive Board meeting, CLUW adopted a resolution of support of FDA approval of annual HPV screening for all women 30 and over. CLUW urges all unions to:

  • Cover all FDA-approved HPV testing, as recommended by the American Cancer Society.
  • Cover annual office visits with obstetrician or gynecologist for counseling on contraception, sexually transmitted infections, breast and other cancer screening, and, as deemed appropriate by the clinician, cervical cancer screening.
  • Protect patient confidentiality.

In addition to its own new cervical cancer awareness program -- Cervical Cancer Prevention Works -- CLUW is actively working with public education programs to get this information out.

Cervical Cancer Prevention Works (CCPW) is the name of CLUW's cervical cancer awareness project. The project's mission is to empower union women by providing them with information on how to prevent this deadly disease. CLUW's CCPW is funded by Digene, the company which makes the only FDA-approved test for HPV (the virus that causes 96 percent of cervical cancer cases).

For further information, contact:
Carolyn J. Jacobson, director, Cervical Cancer Prevention Works
202-508-6901
cjacobson@cluw.org

 

 

 

An HPV vaccine is now available for girls and women ages 9-26. Although the vaccine will help prevent many HPV infections, screening will still be needed to prevent cervical cancer. See HPV Vaccine: Questions and Answers