Celebrity Big Brother winner and Broadway star Marissa Jaret Winokur wants you to Think About the Link® between HPV and cancer
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Lisa Berry, Managing Director of External Affairs
بنیاد پیشگیری از سرطان
lisa.berry@preventcancer.org
ALEXANDRIA, VA –Celebrity Big Brother winner and Broadway star Marissa Jaret Winokur is partnering with the Prevent Cancer Foundation® to raise awareness of the link between the human papillomavirus—also known as HPV—and cancer. Winokur is a national spokesperson for به پیوند فکر کنید®, an education campaign about the connection between certain viruses and cancer.
Celebrity Big Brother is a big win for Winokur, but she won an even bigger battle in 2000 against a silent killer: cervical cancer. Just weeks before she starred in her breakout role as Tracy Turnblad for the hit Broadway musical “Hairspray,” Winokur’s health took an unexpected turn. She was diagnosed with cervical cancer following a routine Pap test at the age of 27.
More than 12,000 women in the U.S. are diagnosed with cervical cancer each year and 4,000 women in the U.S. die every year from this disease. More than 90 percent of all cervical cancers are caused by HPV, a common virus that can also cause at least six other types of cancer, including oropharyngeal (back of throat) cancer, which is currently on the rise in men.
There is a vaccine available to protect you from HPV. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends the HPV vaccine for all girls و boys ages 11-12, when the immune system response is strongest. Most teenagers and young adults can get “catch-up” vaccines if they miss this window. The Prevent Cancer Foundation® also recommends all women (even those who have been vaccinated) begin regular cervical cancer screening at age 21 with a Pap test every three years. Women ages 35-65 should have a Pap test combined with an HPV test every five years (preferred), or a Pap test every three years.
Winokur اکنون عاری از سرطان است و می‌خواهد در مورد اهمیت دریافت واکسن HPV برای پیشگیری از سرطان صحبت کند.
او گفت: «زمانی که من جوان بودم، واکسن HPV و آزمایش HPV نیز در دسترس نبود. دختران و زنان جوان امروزه می توانند از خود در برابر سرطان محافظت کنند، اما باید گزینه های خود را بدانند. به همین دلیل است که من به همه در مورد ارتباط بین HPV و سرطان و واکسن زدن و غربالگری می گویم تا مجبور نباشید کارهای من را انجام دهید.
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در باره به پیوند فکر کنید®
به پیوند فکر کنید® is a prevention and education campaign from the Prevent Cancer Foundation® to advance awareness of the connection between certain viruses and cancer. The campaign focuses on three viruses linked to cancer: human papillomavirus (HPV), hepatitis B and hepatitis C. به پیوند فکر کنید® aims to increase screening rates for the viruses, increase immunization rates for HPV and hepatitis B and raise awareness of available treatment options for hepatitis C.
درباره بنیاد پیشگیری از سرطان®
بنیاد پیشگیری از سرطان® is one of the nation’s leading voluntary health organizations and the فقط سازمان غیرانتفاعی ایالات متحده تنها بر پیشگیری و تشخیص زودهنگام سرطان متمرکز بود. این بنیاد که در سال 1985 تأسیس شد، پیشگیری از سرطان را به شهرت رساند و ماموریت خود را از طریق تحقیق، آموزش، اطلاع رسانی و حمایت انجام داد.
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