Volume : 6, Issue : 2, February - 2017

CANCER CERVIX AND IT�S RELATION TO HUMAN PAPILLOMA VIRUS & ROLE OF VACCINATION

Dr. Preeti Kanal, Dr. Vinita Gupta

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:107%;&#10;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Burden of disease</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;&#10;tab-stops:list .5in"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:14.0pt;&#10;line-height:107%;font-family:Wingdings;mso-fareast-font-family:Wingdings;&#10;mso-bidi-font-family:Wingdings">&sect;<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp; </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Globally, each year:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;&#10;tab-stops:list 1.0in"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:14.0pt;&#10;line-height:107%;font-family:Wingdings;mso-fareast-font-family:Wingdings;&#10;mso-bidi-font-family:Wingdings">&sect;<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp; </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">500,000 women are diagnosed with Cervical Cancer.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;&#10;tab-stops:list 1.0in"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:14.0pt;&#10;line-height:107%;font-family:Wingdings;mso-fareast-font-family:Wingdings;&#10;mso-bidi-font-family:Wingdings">&sect;<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp; </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">270,000 women die due to Cervical cancer¹.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;&#10;tab-stops:list .5in"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:14.0pt;&#10;line-height:107%;font-family:Wingdings;mso-fareast-font-family:Wingdings;&#10;mso-bidi-font-family:Wingdings">&sect;<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp; </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">In India, each year:<o:p></o:p></span></p>