[Comment] HPV vaccination and early declines in cervical cancer deaths (opens in new tab)

Public health has been waiting two decades1,2 for signs that human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination prevents deaths, not only precancerous lesions and cancer. Studies in countries where HPV vaccination was introduced early have shown substantial decreases in cervical cancer incidence, reporting 84–88% reductions in vaccinated compared with unvaccinated women in studies in Sweden, Denmark, and England.3–5 Now, the impact of HPV vaccination on cervical cancer mortality is emerging,6,7 supported...