Some 100,000 cases of cancer could be prevented in Britain in the next 40 years ...
FILE PHOTO: An illustration picture shows a Gardasil anti-cervical cancer vaccine box displayed at a pharmacy in Strasbourg November 25, 2013. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler/File Photo
Announcing the extension of a vaccination program to cover boys as well as girls, experts at Public Health England said the immunization plan would prevent around 64,000 cervical cancers and nearly 50,000 non-cervical cancers by 2058. HPV is a sexually transmitted virus linked to more than 99% of cervical cancers, as well as 90% of anal cancers, about 70% of vaginal and vulvar cancers and more than 60% of penile cancers.
Since UK girls began getting the HPV vaccine in 2008, studies have shown that infections with some key types of the virus have fallen by 86% in 16 to 21 year-olds in England. A Scottish study also showed the vaccine had reduced pre-cancerous cervical disease in women by up to 71%.
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