90% effective: the HPV vaccine and next steps

90% effective: the HPV vaccine and next steps

4 Nov 2021

The fantastic Lancet publication of the effectiveness of the HPV vaccine in reducing the rate of cervical cancer and precancer by 90% marks a milestone in a 4 decade fight that many of us have been and are involved in against this disease. Unfortunately it stills...
The fight against cervical cancer and HPV in the Pandemic

The fight against cervical cancer and HPV in the Pandemic

10 Jul 2020

Professor Albert Singer With the present pandemic it is said that life will never be the same again, and this will apply to many things in our present life.  For those concerned with eliminating cervical cancer, the effect of resources being diverted to the COVID-19...
There are urgent problems with HPV vaccination and screening

There are urgent problems with HPV vaccination and screening

6 Nov 2019

By Professor Albert Singer   In my last blog I discussed the possibility of cervical cancer becoming a rare disease in certain countries. Part of this remarkable happening has been the introduction of the HPV vaccine, in certain countries up to 80% of the...