Vaccinations against human papillomaviruses and controversy- part III.

Abstract

Persistent-high risk human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is the primary and necessary cause in the development of cervical cancer, one of the most common malignancies of women worldwide. Besides the safe sex, HPV vaccination is the only method of primary prevention and is an important turning point in human oncology

Keywords

• Human papillomavirus
• vaccination
• cervical cancer