Understanding the proportion of cervical cancers attributable to HPV

Brotherton, Julia ML; Budd, Alison C; Saville, Marion

doi:10.5694/mja2.50477

Topics

Sexual health

Neoplasms

Women's health

Environment and public health

Most cervical cancers can be prevented with HPV vaccination and screening

Since Walboomers and colleagues1 published their findings in 1999, citing that 99.7% of cervical cancers are related to the human papillomavirus (HPV), this has become the standard understanding of the proportion of cervical cancers attributable to HPV.

1 VCS Foundation, Melbourne, VIC
2 Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Canberra, ACT

Correspondence: jbrother@vcs.org.au

Competing interests:

Julia Brotherton and Marion Saville are investigators on the Compass Trial, conducted and funded by VCS Foundation. VCS Foundation have received equipment and a funding contribution for the Compass Trial from Roche Molecular Systems and Roche Tissue Diagnostics.

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