Sunday, October 14, 2007

Fighting Cervical Cancer in Vermont

Fighting Cervical Cancer in Vermont


South Burlington, Vermont - October 14, 2007

One of the keys to fighting cancer is to keep a healthy lifestyle and get plenty of exercise. And that's what a group of students at the University of Vermont did on Sunday to raise awareness about cervical cancer. They took part in a 5 kilometer run as a way to raise money through pledges.

Unlike most cancers, research has turned up a cause of virtually all cervical cancer. It's the Human Papilloma Virus, or HPV. Allison Hicks contracted the disease and started a foundation -- the Hicks Foundation. Hicks herself beat the cancer, at least for now. "Yes, I'm a cancer survivor," she said. "But the weight of living with the disease presently coming back, or all of the associated costs afterwards, I'm definitely compromised a lot of ways in my health."

Hicks says an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. With help from the Sigma Phi Fraternity at the University of Vermont, she's getting the word out about HPV and cervical cancer. The virus is transmitted through sexual contact. Men can be carriers but there are no symptoms in men. Fortunately, women can get a pap smear to test for HPV and now there's a vaccination.

John Rawley of Sigma Phi said, "Just through education, if people are aware of the dangers that something like HPV, the different things that it causes. It makes sense to get the vaccination and Allison Hicks and her foundation help to provide that vaccination and the education to do that."

The UVM students have taken it upon themselves to raise awareness about HPV and its link to cervical cancer.

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