A Historic HPV Vaccine Study out of Scotland

The number of cervical cancer cases among women vaccinated against HPV in Scotland before the age of 14 in the years since 2008 is: zero. None. It isn’t every day that a study delivers such a neat, round number, and it was surprising to its own authors.

The study is the first to monitor a whole cohort of vaccinated women over 15 years and provides strong confirmation of the effectiveness of HPV vaccines as a preventive measure against cervical cancer. It also shows the importance of delivering vaccinations before girls become sexually active, and increasing the uptake in countries (such as the U.S.) where vaccination rates are far from Scotland’s 90%. Read more in Stat News here.