Advances in cervical cancer prevention: Efficacy, effectiveness, elimination?
review · Level V
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 31990905.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003035 and PMC identifier 6986699.
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Abstract
With major advances in understanding the infectious etiology of cervical cancer, preventive medicine has obtained highly promising new tools. Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines, together with a growing arsenal of HPV-based screening tests, have the potential to radically change public health but require diligent, large-scale implementation to reach the final goal: the elimination of cervical cancer. We reflect here upon the state of cervical cancer prevention globally as there have been several recent developments that will inform this implementation process.
Medical subject headings
- Early Detection of Cancer
- Papillomavirus Vaccines
- Uterine Cervical Neoplasms