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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Med Paediatr Oncol 2021; 42(02): 190-193
DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1731843
Policy Brief

Vaccination Against Cervical Cancer in India: Our Children Deserve a Healthier Future

Venkatraman Radhakrishnan 
1   Department of Medical and Pediatric Oncology, Cancer Institute (WIA), Adyar, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
,
Catherine G Lam
2   Director of Health Systems and Asia Pacific Regional Programs, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.
,
Scott C Howard
3   Professor and Associate Dean for Research in the College of Nursing University of Tennessee College of Health Sciences, Memphis, TN, USA
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Executive Summary

  • Cancer of the uterine cervix is the second most common cancer after breast cancer among Indian women.

  • About 604,127 women get this disease every year in the world and 56% of them die.

  • One woman in India dies every 8 minutes from cervical cancer.

  • It mainly affects young women belonging to the lower socioeconomic strata in the productive years of their lives (21–67 years of age).

  • The human papilloma virus (HPV) is responsible for the majority of cervical cancers and an effective vaccine is available against HPV.

  • Vaccination is most effective when given to young girls between the ages of 9 to 13 years before they become sexually active.

  • There is adequate evidence in the literature on the cost-effectiveness of HPV vaccination in preventing cervical cancer.



Publication History

Article published online:
06 July 2021

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