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Q&A with Australian Health Practitioners
How successful is the cervical cancer vaccine?
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My daughter is 13 and will be given the vaccine at school and I’m unsure if I should give my consent or not. Is it successful in preventing this cancer? -
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The Gardasil vaccine has near 100% efficacy in prevention of the precursors to cervical cancer due to types HPV 16 and HPV 18 which are responsible for about 70-80% of cervical cancer. It also protects against 90% of genital warts. It is very safe, and many hundreds of thousands of adolescent girls and young women have now had it will little ill effect apart from a sore arm, and some fainting. I would recommend it for your daughter as I would for any girl your daughters age who is healthy.
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