Correcting the record

In an Oct. 6 story on an experimental cancer vaccine, The Associated Press imprecisely described statistics on the prevalence of cervical cancer. The story should have made clear that the 300,000 deaths each year worldwide make it one of the most common cancers in women and a leading cancer killer. In the United States, where cervical cancer claims about 3,700 lives annually, it is less common and not a leading killer.