IPVS Policy statement on safety of HPV vaccines

摘要

Approximately 250,000 women die every year of cervical cancers caused by human papillomavirus (HPV). Most of these could have been prevented by the currently available prophylactic HPV vaccines. Thousands of men and women also die every year of other HPV-associated cancers, including cancers of the anus, vulva, vagina, penis and oropharynx. Yet there are now HPV vaccines currently approved for the prevention of cancers of the cervix, anus, vulva and vagina and their precursor lesions.