vaccine blocks cervical cancer?

[topaz]

A preliminary study has found that a new vaccine is 100% effective at blocking cervical cancer.

edit: I neglected to credit the always-alert opadit for pointing me at this.

Comments

[dbang.livejournal.com]

Awesome.

Just to nit-pick (not so much you as the report), it proved 100% effective against cervical cancers caused by HPV 16 and 18, which cause 70% of all cervical cancer (according to the article). That means it was less than 100% effective at blocking all cervical cancer. (They didn't say whether it had any impact on non-HPV-16/18 cancers at all, only that such cancers did occur in vaccinated women.)

Not complaining, still good news, but that 100% number seems misleading to me.

[dbang.livejournal.com]

only that such cancers did occur in vaccinated women

Er...I mean "dangerous pre-cancerous lesions" did occur in vaccinated women.

[keyne.livejournal.com]

Yep, I was going to say the same thing.

(Still! sign me up!)

[qwrrty.livejournal.com]

You're absolutely correct, and I admit I didn't read the article nearly as closely as I should have this morning. And of course I agree it's very good news anyway. :-)