Gardasil HPV vaccine can reduce risk of cervical cancer

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Preventative measures can reduce risk factors for certain types of cancer (including cervical cancer), even those caused by infections. Human papillomavirus, or HPV, is a group of viruses consisting of more than 100 different strains. It is also the virus that causes genital HPV infection, a sexually transmitted disease that can lead to cervical cancer in women.

Dr. John Browning of McLeod OB/GYN Associates said that Gardasil is an effective way to protect young people from a heightened risk of developing cervical cancer later in life. Doctors such as Browning tell their patients about the importance of the vaccine and annual Pap smears in the prevention and detection of cervical cancer. “The vaccine can prevent what we think is 75 percent of (cervical) cancers, but it won’t change our recommended (Pap smear) screening,” Browning said

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