Battling Cancer

June 8, 2006 — Women for the first time have a vaccine to protect themselves against cervical cancer.

The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved use of the vaccine, Gardasil, for use in girls and women ages nine to 26. It works by preventing infection by four strains of the human papillomavirus, or HPV, the most prevalent sexually transmitted disease.

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Mar 29, 2006 6:14 pm US/Eastern

CBS) SCOTIA, N.Y. The treatment for cervical cancer often leaves women unable to have babies.

But, reports The Early Show medical correspondent Dr. Emily Senay, a new technique may help women retain their fertility.

Senay says the normal course of treatment, such as surgery to remove the uterus and chemotherapy and radiation, frequently results in infertility.

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