By 2020, the incidence of cervical (or cervical) cancer is expected to drop to less than six cases per 100,000 people, according to a report published by the prestigious journal The Lancet.
By 2028, it is estimated that there will be fewer than four cases per 100,000 population – a rate so low that the disease can be classified as eradicated, it shows. Science Alert.
The study shows that by 2034, if the vaccination and testing program is continued at the current rate, there will be less than one death per 100,000 people annually.
According to the World Health Organization, this type of cancer is the fourth most common cancer in the world, with a high mortality rate, precisely because the symptoms are very few and it is detected when it is too late to intervene. .
This is despite the fact that cervical cancer is easily prevented by vaccination, and Australia has extended vaccination to the male population as well.
Cervical cancer is caused by certain types of human papilloma virus – HPV – with a high risk and sexually transmitted transmission. It is a common virus, about 80% of the population coming into contact with this type of virus in life.
Most of the time, nothing happens, but in rare cases there are changes in the cervical cells, which, over time, can lead to cancer.
In 2007, Australia became one of the first countries in the world to introduce a free HPV vaccination program for girls, which was later extended to boys in 2013.
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In Romania, the 2008-2009 campaign was a total failure, but the resumption of vaccination is wanted. Romania ranks 1st in the EU in black cervical cancer statistics, with up to 6,000 cases diagnosed annually, of which 2,000 deaths.
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