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Imagine a vaccine against various cancers!

• M2Ys4U 5y ago
  Cancer is exactly why we vaccinate against HPV, as it's a huge cause of cervical cancer.
  • astura 5y ago
    HPV also causes vulva, vagina, penis, anus, and oropharynx cancers as well. https://www.cdc.gov/cancer/hpv/basic_info/cancers.htm https://www.cdc.gov/cancer/hpv/basic_info/cancers.htm >In general, HPV is thought to be responsible for more than 90% of anal and cervical cancers, about 70% of vaginal and vulvar cancers, and 60% of penile cancers. Cancers in the back of the throat (oropharynx) traditionally have been caused by tobacco and alcohol, but recent studies1 2 3 show that about 60% to 70% of cancers of the oropharynx may be linked to HPV. Many of these may be caused by a combination of tobacco, alcohol, and HPV.
• blackbear_ 5y ago
  People have been working on cancer vaccines for a long time actually, it's just so hard. - https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/10.1146/annurev-cancerbio-060820-111701 https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/10.1146/annurev-cancerbio-... - https://www.jimmunol.org/content/200/2/443 https://www.jimmunol.org/content/200/2/443 - https://science.sciencemag.org/content/359/6382/1355 https://science.sciencemag.org/content/359/6382/1355
• astura 5y ago
  No need to imagine, HPV infection causes cervical, vulva, vagina, penis, anus, and oropharynx cancer and we have a vaccine for HPV (that is effective against the majority of the strains of HPV that cause cancer)! According to the CDC "almost all cervical cancer can be prevented by HPV vaccination."