Cervical cancer vaccine a success, says Lancet report

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The first evidence has emerged that nationwide vaccination programmes for young women against HPV, the virus that triggers cervical cancer, are likely to cut the numbers who get the disease.

A study in Australia, one of the first countries to introduce the vaccination, has shown a drop in high-grade cervical abnormalities – changes to the cells in the neck of the womb that can be the precursor to cancer.

Australia introduced nationwide HPV (human papilloma virus) vaccination for women aged 12 to 26 from 2007.

While it will take many years to find out whether vaccination programmes definitely reduce the numbers of cervical cancers in the population, Australian scientists were able to analyse the results from their screening programme to find out whether there has been any drop in the number of young women with abnormal cell changes that are the precursor of cancer.

Full: http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/jun/17/cervical-cancer-vaccine-success-lancet

The Christian abstinence activists can choke.

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1. Woo-Hoo! Nt

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2. The HPV given to Texas adolescents a few years back

had severe medical reactions... Some young women dropped dead... This article points out that more research is needed... So for HPV that is contacted via sexual contact, condoms seems like a safer alternative...

That's why affordable health care for women is so important... However, it seems that millions will be spent on a vaccine that still needs testing....

"Although this is likely to be due to the effects of the vaccination programme, further analysis of information linking women's smear history to their vaccination history will be needed to prove that the fall is entirely due to vaccination rather than other factors."

Public health experts say that women should not assume they are not vulnerable to the disease after vaccination and should still go for regular screening checks.

The UK introduced its own cervical cancer vaccination programme in September 2008, offering the jab in school to 12- and 13-year-old girls, with catch-up programmes for those up to 18.

The cost was expected to be £100m a year. Of the two available vaccines, the UK decided to buy Cervarix, manufactured by the British company GlaxoSmithKline, even though it does not offer the additional protection against genital warts of the alternative, Gardasil.

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3. "Some young women dropped dead"

Please document this claim,

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4. deaths? sounds like antivax propaganda

http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Conservapedia:HPV_vaccine_FAQ

see answer/response 10