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HPV Vaccines Result in a Huge Drop in Cervical Cancer
969 - HPV Vaccines Result in a Huge Drop in Cervical Cancer
Welcome to Medical Discovery News. I’m Dr. David Niesel
And I’m Dr Norbert Herzog. Among the most common sexually transmitted diseases is the Human Papillomavirus or HPV. In two thousand six, a vaccine became available to protect against the cancers that develop from these viral infections.
A new study shows since then, the vaccine has been effective at lowering cervical cancer cases. HPV is a group of more than two hundred related viruses, and types sixteen and eighteen account for seventy percent of all cervical cancers.
Routine pap smears can screen for pre-cancerous cells caused by HPV infections the body can’t clear, but that can be avoided by the HPV vaccine.
Data collected between two thousand eight and two thousand twenty-two shows that among women in their twenties, the rate of cervical precancers fell by almost eighty percent.
And a nearly forty percent fall in the precancerous grade cervical lesions most likely to develop into cancer.
In that same time, the cases spiked among women in their forties to sixties who were not eligible for the vaccine. We need more confirming studies, but seems the vaccine is working very well.
Gardasil and the updated Gardasil nine are recommended for boys and girls at ages eleven and twelve before they’re sexually active. However, this vaccine remains controversial since some think this will prompt promiscuity.
They’re among dozens of vaccines that save lives since viruses and bacteria are responsible for one out of five cancers globally. Support vaccines because the people you protect will be the people you love most.
We are Drs. David Niesel and Norbert Herzog, at UTMB and Quinnipiac University, where biomedical discoveries shape the future of medicine. For much more and our disclaimer go to medicaldiscoverynews.com or listen to our podcast on your favorite podcast service.
