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 20201. 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 acceptability2 and decrease the disease incidence.3,4 Are the below-mentioned statements about HPV myths or facts? Share your insights through this poll.