Vaccines
HPV vaccine protects against anal HPV infection which can lead to anal cancer
Published in Women's Health Weekly, September 8th, 2011
2011 SEP 8 -- The bivalent human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine (Cervarix, GlaxoSmithKline), used in the routine vaccination of girls against cervical cancer, also protects against HPV infection that can lead to anal cancer. Effects were particularly noted when the vaccine was given to women before exposure to the virus. The findings, published Online First in The Lancet Oncology, suggest that this vaccine might prevent a large proportion of anal cancers in women.
Although anal cancers remain rare in the general population, in recent decades rates have nearly doubled in many countries, including the USA and several European countries. Women have twice the...
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