Vaccination and screening programs: harmonizing prevention strategies for HPV-related diseases

J Exp Clin Cancer Res. 2008 Dec 16;27(1):84. doi: 10.1186/1756-9966-27-84.

Abstract

HPV vaccine is an exciting promise of the preventive medicine. Although HPV-immunization programs still reveal a number of unanswered questions, they represent a novel opportunity for primary prevention against cervical cancer and other HPV-related pre-neoplastic and neoplastic diseases. It is reasonable that the short and long-term benefits of vaccination on cervical and vulvo-vaginal HPV-related pathology will emerge when assuring over time a clear and complete information to the community and harmonizing the prevention strategies. Indeed, HPV-vaccination programs will require an understanding of new paradigms of infection and cancer control, and thus will require a rationale integration with the currently operating screening systems.

Publication types

  • Editorial

MeSH terms

  • Early Detection of Cancer*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Mass Screening
  • Papillomaviridae / immunology
  • Papillomavirus Infections / diagnosis
  • Papillomavirus Infections / prevention & control*
  • Papillomavirus Vaccines*
  • Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / prevention & control*
  • Vaccination

Substances

  • Papillomavirus Vaccines