| ▲ | blindriver 5 days ago | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The goal wasn't to eliminate the HPV strains, it was to decrease cervical cancer. Has Denmark encountered a drop in cervical cancer? If so, that's a great outcome! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | JumpCrisscross 4 days ago | parent | next [-] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
> it was to decrease cervical cancer HPV can cause cancers in the cervix, vulva, vagina, penis, anus and back of the throat [1]. [1] https://www.cdc.gov/hpv/about/cancers-caused-by-hpv.html | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | sjsdaiuasgdia 5 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
This seems to have some data that suggests they have seen a decline: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ijc.35081 There's a chart about 2/3 down the page that shows a drop in several age groups, and a particularly striking drop in the 20-29 age group: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/cms/asset/fd3e820c-4610-4c4e... | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | LorenPechtel 4 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The lead time from infection to cancer is very long, we would not expect to see too much of a drop *yet*. But testing for those strains seems to be as useful for screening as a pap smear. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ▲ | jakobnissen 4 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Danish center for disease control's webpage for the vaccine links to a recent (5 year old) Swedish study: https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa1917338 , but I couldn't find any Danish studies. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | justin66 5 days ago | parent | prev [-] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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