"A jab that protects against cervical cancer should be given to all girls aged 12 to 13, an advisory committee to the Department of Health said today.";;Source;;
In this era when early sexual relationship has been increasingly common,above measure would be most approriate, I think.
Infection with human papillomavirus (HPV), which is transmitted sexually, is strongly associated with cervical and vulvar cancer and is the primary risk factor. Evidence of HPV is found in nearly 80% of cervical carcinomas.
In Britain, all women between the ages of 25 and 64 are eligible for a free cervical screening test every three to five years. GP normally send the letter for cervical smear test. The Cervical Screening Programme has been going on in the UK for years.
This new vaccination programme would be an extra effort to crack down cervical cancer, I feel.
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