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Spreading the word about HPV and cervical cancer
Eleven of the nation's second-in-commands, including Minnesota Lt. Gov. Carol Molnau, have joined forces to educate the public about the highly preventable nature of cervical cancer and its direct link to a certain virus--the human papillomavirus (HPV), a focus of University research.
Molnau officially kicked off the National Lieutenant Governor Association's "Ending Cervical Cancer in Our Lifetime: Make the Connection" campaign on Jan. 18 in Sanford Hall on the Twin Cities campus in Minneapolis. It was a particularly appropriate setting since women of undergraduate age are the target audience. Molnau was joined by Levi Downs, a researcher with the University of Minnesota Medical School and Cancer Center; Amy Clute, a leading member of the student organization SHADE (Sexual Health Awareness and Disease Education); and Margaret Carlson, executive director of the University of Minnesota Alumni Association.
"I learned about [HPV] from friends and students coming to me with questions [such as] how do I get this and what do I tell my sexual partner," says Clute, a senior majoring in family social science and psychology. "[As a peer educator with SHADE], I feel like a surrogate parent, and like parents, I want to give them the information that they need. The age that HPV typically strikes is late teens and early 20s--that's the undergraduate population here at the U. I hope this campaign can create a national dialogue [about HPV and the risks and treatment options available for cervical cancer]."
About 11,150 women in the United States are expected to develop cervical cancer this year, reports the National Cancer Institute, and 3,700 of them will die from the disease. In Minnesota, about 200 women are diagnosed with invasive cervical cancer each year.