×
ADVERTISEMENT

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Nearly All HPV Cancers Can Be Prevented by Vaccination

By Ethan Covey

A CDC study has found that 92% of HPV-attributable cancers can be prevented by following HPV vaccine recommendations.

From 2012 to 2016, an average of 43,999 HPV-associated cancers were reported each year (MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2019;68[33]:724-728).

“A future without HPV cancers is within reach, but urgent action is needed to improve vaccine cov-erage rates,” said ADM Brett P. Giroir, MD, the assistant secretary for health at the Department of Health and Human