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RCPath Response To The Joint Committee On Vaccination And Immunisation's Recommendations Regarding V |
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Dr Karin Denton, Cytopathologist and chair of the College's Cytopathology Subcommittee, welcomed the JCVI's recommendations to vaccinate girls aged 12 and 13 but stressed the effectiveness of the UK's cervical screening programme and the need to continue with it. "Although the vaccine is effective at preventing infection with HPV in people not previously exposed, it only prevents strains which cause 75% of cases of cervical cancer. []
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