A Vaccine to Wipe Out Cervical Cancer
By: Karen Barrow,
Medically Reviewed On: Friday, March 31, 2006
It may be another year or two before a vaccine for cervical cancer is available, but pediatricians are already expressing an interest in providing it to adolescents who are not yet sexually active. The vaccine works by preventing infection with the human papillomavirus (HPV), a common sexually transmitted disease (STD) that causes most cases of cervical cancer.
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