As Cervical Cancer Deaths Plummet, Experts Credit HPV Vaccine [View all]

01/17/2025
As Cervical Cancer Deaths Plummet, Experts Credit HPV Vaccine
https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/hpv-vaccine-lowers-cervical-cancer-deaths/




In 2006, a vaccine for the human papillomavirus (HPV) became widely available to adolescents. HPV is the most common sexually transmitted infection, and it can cause cancers of the mouth, throat, and sexual organs. It’s also the cause of nearly every case of cervical cancer.

Now, almost 20 years after the HPV vaccine was introduced, a study published in JAMA noted a 62% drop in deaths due to cervical cancer in women under 25 in the US: from 50 or 60 deaths per year to 13. This follows earlier research that noted a decrease in cervical precancer and cancer since the introduction of the vaccine.

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