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Low HPV vaccination rates missed opportunity to prevent cancers
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HPV vaccination
Low HPV vaccination rates missed opportunity to prevent cancers
Wednesday 6 November 2024, 12:20 AM

HPV vaccination rates are below target, making the push to close gaps and reduce cancer rates critical [scientificanimations.com, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons]
With over $150 million spent on human papillomavirus-related cancers in three years, improving HPV vaccination rates would cut costs and save lives, write Amelia Jenkinson, Cathy Stephenson and Swee Tan
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References
1. Sapere. Economic Burden of HPV-related Cancers. July 2024.
2. Win Myint TT, McIvor N, Douglas R, et al. Incidence, trends and survival of oropharyngeal squamous cell cancer in Aotearoa New Zealand, 2006–2020. Cancer Epidemiol 2023;85:102393.