Professor Cuzick comments on cervical cancer vaccine
‘Vaccine will ‘cut cervical cancer rates by two thirds’’
The Daily Telegraph p.4
Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine: Professor Jack Cuzick
Scientists have predicted that the vaccine for cervical cancer will help to reduce the number of women under 30 developing the disease by two thirds within 15 years. By 2025 experts say the number of cases will have dropped by 63 per cent as eight out of ten girls are now receiving the vaccine. Professor Cuzick said: “Our predictions are really encouraging. If girls continue to take up the vaccine, thousands in the future could be prevented from developing cervical cancer and many more would avoid treatment to remove abnormal precancerous cells.”
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