HPV vaccine for year 8s The form from school came home today

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Done

Anyone else got them yet?

It is not a dieseae of older women! that is utter bollocks.

My mates dgf has had all sorts of horrid radiotherapy for her higly agressive cervical cancer. She will now never be able to have children of her own, and may well get the cancer back again.

She is in her 30s

and all this in spite of regular smears

another mate of mine had a hyterectomy in her 30s for the same condition

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There was a medical guy on radio 4 the other day talking about this vaccine and he actually called it 'an experiment'.

Probably should have said that death rates (low) are mostly in elderly women. Very uncommon cause of death in younger women.

info.cancerresearchuk.org/cancerstats/types/cervix/mortality/

Incidence of cervical cancer: note the comments about the "cohort" effects - ie the spikes which occurred at specific times relating to the world wars.

info.cancerresearchuk.org/cancerstats/types/cervix/incidence/?a=5441

Deaths from cervical cancer are predominantly in the over 70 age group. It it classified as a rare form of cancer in the UK. Death rates are low.