Cervical Cancer Vaccine

Brisbane teens receive the first cervical cancer vaccine shots

Published in Cancer Weekly, September 19th, 2006

Professor Ian Frazer administered the first shots of the cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil in Queensland recently at the Princess Alexandra Hospital. Rochedale sisters Emma and Rachel McMillan were the first teenage recipients of the Australian-made vaccine which Professor Frazer and his late research partner Dr. Jian Zhou helped create.

The vaccine prevents four of dozens of strains of the human papillomavirus (HPV) which cause genital warts and cervical cancer. HPV causes abnormal cells or tissue growth on the feet, hands, vocal cords, mouth and genitals. About 60 types of HPV have been identified so far with each strand infecting certain parts of the body.

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2006-09-19)

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