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HPV Vaccine Brings Cervical Cancer Closer to Elimination
A major UK study has found that the HPV vaccine is bringing cervical cancer closer to elimination. Researchers at Queen Mary University of London found that girls offered vaccination at ages 12 to 13 had close to zero risk of dying from cervical cancer before the age of 30. Between 2020 and 2024, no cervical cancer deaths were recorded among women aged 20 to 24 in England, the first time this has happened over a five-year period. Experts say keeping vaccination rates high alongside cervical screening and catch-up jabs could help make cervical cancer a disease future generations rarely have to face.
At a glance
- The HPV vaccine is bringing cervical cancer closer to elimination.
- Girls offered vaccination at ages 12 to 13 had close to zero risk of dying from cervical cancer before the age of 30.
- No cervical cancer deaths were recorded among women aged 20 to 24 in England between 2020 and 2024.
- Keeping vaccination rates high alongside cervical screening and catch-up jabs could help eliminate cervical cancer.