A diagnosis of cervical cancer is confirmed, and the lesion will be removed. S wanted to know if this could have been avoided if she had taken a shot.
Etiology of cervical cancer is multifactorial and infection with human paplloma virus (HPV) is having a very significant associtaion with cervical cancer.
there are more than 100 strains of HPV but HPV 16 and HPV 18 are major causative strains for cervical cancer.
Cervical cancer is the only vaccine preventable cancer due to availability of vaccine agaisnt human papilloma virus (HPV)
2 vaccine are available
a. Cervarix - Bivalent vaccine, serotype HPV 16 & 18
b. Gardasil - Quadrivalent vaccine, serotype HPV 6, 11, 16 & 18
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