Screening won’t protect your patients from most HPV cancers

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (U.S.) ; National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (U.S.) ; National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (U.S.)
• Description:
  Protect your preteen patients today with HPV vaccine. ; Cervical Cancer: Just the tip of the iceberg ; Cervical cancer is the only type of HPV cancer for which there is a recommended screening test. ; Even with screening, in the United States 12,000 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer each year. ; Cervical Precancers ; Cases every year ; Around 216,000 high grade cervical lesions ; Around 468,700 low grade cervical precancers ; While cervical precancers are routinely screened for, these precancers may require invasive testing and treatment. ; Other HPV Cancers ; Cases Every Year ; • 800 penile cancer ; • 3,200 vulvar and vaginal cancer ; • 5,700 anal/rectal cancer ; • 12,200 oropharyngeal cancer ; Recommended cancer screening tests are not available yet for these cancers. These cancers may not be detected until they cause health problems. ; Over 90% of cancers caused by HPV are preventable through HPV vaccination. ; Don’t rely on screening to catch it later. ; Protect them now with HPV vaccination. ; https://www.cdc.gov/hpv/hcp/more-than-screening/index.html ; HPV Vaccine is cancer prevention. ; infographic-hpv-screening-508.pdf
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• Subjects:
  • Papillomavirus Infections/prevention & Control
  • Papillomavirus Vaccines
  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
  • Vaccination
• Document Type:
  Poster
• Genre:
  Infographic
• Pages in Document:
  1 poster
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/58755/cdc_58755_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 388.52 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
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