Cervical cancer could be prevented with a single jab, according to new research. The ground-breaking new findings have been published in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society. Tests were conducted on a sample of 133,082 women and girls, half of whom had been immunized with either one, two or three injections. Amongst those aged between 15 and 19 years, those who received one, two or three doses of the HPV vaccine had lower rates of pre-invasive cervical disease than adolescents who were unvaccinated.
Within five years, 2.65 per cent of unvaccinated teenagers of the same age range developed pre-invasive cervical disease, compared with 1.62, 1.99 and 1.86 per cent in the one, two and three-dose groups respectively. The risk was 36, 28 and 34 percent lower, respectively, for the vaccinated teenagers. The findings may help to achieve the World Health Organisation…
