Cervical cancer is the most common cancer in India among women. Our country shares 23% burden of cervical cancer. With the availability of vaccine, it appears that vaccination is safe and effective way of cancer prevention. It has been a matter of debate among health experts about whom to vaccinate and how to make it affordable to developing country where it is needed the most. Cervical cancer is third most common cancer in world and leading cause of cancer-related deaths in India.
About 510,000 new cases of cervical cancer are diagnosed each year leading to 288,000 deaths worldwide. There are various risk factors like early age at first intercourse, multiple sexual partner and some precancerous conditions. Human Papilloma Virus is a DNA virus that causes a spectrum of anogenital disease in men and women ranging from genital wart, oropharyngeal, anal and penile cancer. Persistence of…
