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The U.K. is on its way to eliminating cervical cancer. Here’s why the U.S. isn’t close
TUESDAY, November 9, 2021 (STAT News) — A decade ago, a London cancer prevention researcher predicted that the United Kingdom’s national HPV vaccination campaign would take more than 15 years to prevent a majority of cervical cancers. So when he analyzed the data this year, he was stunned to find that the vaccine may already have nearly eliminated cervical cancer in the U.K. among young women.
“If this is right,” Peter Sasieni of King’s College London said of his findings, cervical cancers “could be reduced to about 50 – just 50 cancers in the whole of the U.K. for women under 30. It’s really quite exciting to see that day come – excitement and just joy.”
That joy was tempered with envy in the United States, where some of Sasieni’s peers lamented that the HPV vaccination rate for teenage girls lags far behind — about 59% in the U.S. vs. more than 85% in the U.K.
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Get ready to get hairy… because we’re participating in No-Shave November!
This year, Prevent Cancer Foundation is participating as a benefiting nonprofit organization for No-Shave November. We’re asking you to put down your razors, skip your wax appointments, and grow your body hair for the good! Donate the cost you’d typically spend on grooming to No-Shave November – we will receive part of the money! Want to donate the entire amount to us? You can!
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