Despite being preventable, the prevalence of cervical cancer is very high in India. As stated by WHO, the age-standardized cervical cancer incidence and mortality-to-incidence ratio were ~18/100000 and 0.62 respectively, among Indian women in the year 2020 1 . This could be attributed to poor knowledge and awareness about HPV and cervical cancer.
Spreading awareness about the disease by delivering authentic medical information may help improve the vaccine acceptability 2 and decrease the disease incidence. 3,4 Are the below-mentioned statements about HPV myths or facts? Share your insights through this poll.
