HPV vaccine Powerful Ways To Prevent Cervical Cancer

Sekainow.com Ladies, cervical cancer, or better known as cervical cancer is already familiar to our ears. This disease is frightening for women and even be the cause of death for women in the world's number two after coronary heart disease. Terrible again, within the next year is predicted to cervical cancer will be the number one cause of death in women if not done early detection and treatment. At present, every two minutes a woman dies from cervical cancer.

cervical cancer is the leading cause of death in some countries. This problem has led a variety of Women's Organizations make cervical cancer eradication program through a national HPV vaccination program.

In some countries the research results show that for every 1,000 people who undergo cervical cancer screening, found 1 patient.

As a result most of the cervical cancer is detected at an advanced stage. The latest data in 2016 at the RSCM, as mentioned by Prof. Andrijono who is also a staff in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of medicine / RSCM, showed 82.3% of cervical cancer patients who seek treatment at the national referral hospital came at an advanced stage.

Advanced cervical cancer have a very poor prognosis because it is easily spread to almost any organ in the pelvis and very ugly respond to treatment. As a result a very low survival rate of only 14% survived for 1 year, 6% survive to the 2nd year since diagnosis, and 0% (none) were able to survive until the 5th year.

As women we must also prevent this deadly disease. One way to vaccines, given that most cervical cancer is caused by infection with the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccination according to Prof. Andrijono, is the most effective and safe measures to prevent cervical cancer. Reflecting on the experience in the United States and Australia are already running a national HPV vaccination program since 10 years ago, where today the incidence of cervical cancer in the two countries declined significantly, to 75%.

The vaccine is given to girls from the age of 10 years (5 th grade) and repeated injections are given one year later. This age is considered appropriate because the immune system has developed very well and respond to vaccination. HPV vaccine can provide protection for up to 15 years, with only localized side effects of pain at the injection site.

Another advantage of the HPV vaccine not only prevents cervical cancer but it can prevent cancer also caused by HPV such as vaginal cancer, vulvar cancer, anal cancer, mouth cancer, tongue cancer and throat cancer.

So for women have you received the vaccine we have not done as soon as possible