Dr Gerry Wain has elaborated on the wide health benefits of the availablity of the anti-cancer vaccine Gardasil in Australia.
He said that the rates of genital warts have already dropped many fold in the country as compared to data from before 2007 when the vaccine was not available.
Cervical Cancer - Types, Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment, Complications & Prevention
Cancer cervix refers to cancerous growth in the cervix and usually occurs in the transition called squamo-columnar junction.
Cancer cervix refers to cancerous growth in the cervix and usually occurs in the transition called squamo-columnar junction.
Gardasil prevents infections caused by sexually transmitted Human Papilloma Virus (HPV), which is also responsible for 70% cases of cervical cancer.
"Two million women every year have to have a pap smear, 15,000 women have to have surgery on their cervix all to prevent the cancer," Dr Wain said. "These should drop to half that, just as genital warts have dropped 50 per cent in a relatively short period of time."
About Cancer in Women
Cancer is one of the frequently talked about and most feared disease that falls under the genre of lifestyle diseases that have evolved, rather rapidly, in the past two decades.
Cancer is one of the frequently talked about and most feared disease that falls under the genre of lifestyle diseases that have evolved, rather rapidly, in the past two decades.
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Vaccine To Protect Against Cervical Cancer Approved
For the first time women will have a vaccine to protect themselves from cervical cancer as the United States has approved.
For the first time women will have a vaccine to protect themselves from cervical cancer as the United States has approved.
Texas Lawmakers Give The Boot To Cervical Cancer Vaccine
A vote against vaccination of sixth-grader girls to prevent cervical cancer, has come in the face of its sponsor-Texas Governor Rick Perry.
A vote against vaccination of sixth-grader girls to prevent cervical cancer, has come in the face of its sponsor-Texas Governor Rick Perry.
