Cervical cancer could be eliminated 'within 30 years' thanks to vaccine success

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Researchers in Scotland say the routine HPV vaccination of girls aged 12 to 13 has caused a dramatic reduction in cancer rates.

Girls around the UK are given the HPV vaccine to protect them against the cancer-causing HPV virusA new study suggests that the success of a vaccine against cervical cancer means it could be eliminated within 30 years.

Researchers in Scotland say the routine HPV vaccination of girls aged 12 to 13 has caused a dramatic reduction in cancer rates, almost wiping out all cases of cervical pre-cancer in young women. They believe that its success, if duplicated on a global scale, could mean the end of cervical cancer altogether.Image:Scotland introduced its national HPV immunisation programme for girls aged 12 to 13 in 2008.

Age was found to be a factor, with figures suggesting that a vaccine given at the age of 12 was almost twice as effective as a vaccination at the age of 17.

 

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30 years overdue but hopefully more & more cures come sooner.

Boys should be vaccinated too, as HPV can be a factor in Oro-pharyngeal cancers, which affects both sexes.

There is no evidence showing this vaccine helps. The vaccine is in theory only working on one type of many of cervical cancer, the lease common type.

didn't Dr. Sebi figure it out back in 85' forNip

Teach students self esteem and to not give into peer pressure regarding before wedlock sex, rather it's peer pressure by a male or female! Most of the baby boomer generation surveyed said, if they had premarital sex, it was because of peer pressure! saynotoSTDs

If you know anything about the pharmaceutical 'industry' you'd know why this sounds extremely sinister.

Aye mental, how about all the other vaccines and cures they clearly have locked away for the world leaders

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