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“Astounding” drop in cervical cancer rates in young women

Cervical cancer rates in women ages 20-24 have fallen an “astounding” 65 percent from 2012 through 2019, in the wake of the introduction of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, according to the American Cancer Society. “The large drop in cervical cancer incidence is extremely exciting because this is the first group of women to receive …

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UK close to nearly eliminating cervical cancer, the U.S. not so much

More than 85 percent of UK teenage girls have been vaccinated with the HPV vaccine. The result: cervical cancers could be reduced to just 50 cancers in the whole of the U.K. for women under 30, says researcher Peter Sasieni of King’s College London. “It’s an incredible achievement to have, first of all, got rates …

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