General Article HPV vaccine reduces cervical cancer by 87%

Topic Selected: Cancer Book Volume: 433

The human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine reduces cervical cancer rates by 87% in women who were offered the jab between the ages of 12-13, confirms a new study.

Researchers from King’s found the HPV vaccination programme prevented around 450 cervical cancers and around 17,200 pre-cancers by the middle of 2019. They also found cervical cancer rates were reduced by 62% in women offered vaccination between the ages of 14-16, and 34% in women aged 16-18 when they were offered the jab.

The paper, pu...

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