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The goal wasn't to eliminate the HPV strains, it was to decrease cervical cancer. Has Denmark encountered a drop in cervical cancer? If so, that's a great outco

The goal wasn't to eliminate the HPV strains, it was to decrease cervical cancer. Has Denmark encountered a drop in cervical cancer? If so, that's a great outcome!

sjsdaiuasgdia 1y ago
This seems to have some data that suggests they have seen a decline: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ijc.35081 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ijc.35081 There's a chart about 2/3 down the page that shows a drop in several age groups, and a particularly striking drop in the 20-29 age group: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/cms/asset/fd3e820c-4610-4c4e-8eaa-63944d250d51/ijc35081-fig-0003-m.jpg https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/cms/asset/fd3e820c-4610-4c4e...
justin66 1y ago
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- LorenPechtel 1y ago
  Why is this getting downvoted? It's obviously humor!
  - simongr3dal 1y ago
    Because HN is not really a forum geared towards sarcastic quips unless they are extraordinarily funny.
  - Bjartr 1y ago
    More importantly, it does not add to the conversation. If humor alone is what you want, head to Reddit. Humor is welcome here, but it needs to have some substance behind it.
    - justin66 1y ago
      Unlike the three comments above, my bad joke distracted from the thrust of the conversation. Ahem.
JumpCrisscross 1y ago
> it was to decrease cervical cancer HPV can cause cancers in the cervix, vulva, vagina, penis, anus and back of the throat [1]. [1] https://www.cdc.gov/hpv/about/cancers-caused-by-hpv.html https://www.cdc.gov/hpv/about/cancers-caused-by-hpv.html
LorenPechtel 1y ago
The lead time from infection to cancer is very long, we would not expect to see too much of a drop *yet*. But testing for those strains seems to be as useful for screening as a pap smear.
- grumbelbart2 1y ago
  There are some results from Scotland already, all very positive https://academic.oup.com/jnci/article/116/6/857/7577291?login=false https://academic.oup.com/jnci/article/116/6/857/7577291?logi... > No cases of invasive cancer were recorded in women immunized at 12 or 13 years of age irrespective of the number of doses. > Women vaccinated at 14 to 22 years of age and given 3 doses of the bivalent vaccine showed a significant reduction in incidence compared with all unvaccinated women For the second group, cases dropped from 8.4 to 3.2 per 100k.
jakobnissen 1y ago
The Danish center for disease control's webpage for the vaccine links to a recent (5 year old) Swedish study: https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa1917338 https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa1917338 , but I couldn't find any Danish studies.

The goal wasn't to eliminate the HPV strains, it was to decrease cervical cancer. Has Denmark encountered a drop in cervical cancer? If so, that's a great outcome!

sjsdaiuasgdia 1y ago

This seems to have some data that suggests they have seen a decline: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ijc.35081 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ijc.35081 There's a chart about 2/3 down the page that shows a drop in several age groups, and a particularly striking drop in the 20-29 age group: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/cms/asset/fd3e820c-4610-4c4e-8eaa-63944d250d51/ijc35081-fig-0003-m.jpg https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/cms/asset/fd3e820c-4610-4c4e...

justin66 1y ago

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LorenPechtel 1y ago
Why is this getting downvoted? It's obviously humor!
- simongr3dal 1y ago
  Because HN is not really a forum geared towards sarcastic quips unless they are extraordinarily funny.
- Bjartr 1y ago
  More importantly, it does not add to the conversation. If humor alone is what you want, head to Reddit. Humor is welcome here, but it needs to have some substance behind it.
  - justin66 1y ago
    Unlike the three comments above, my bad joke distracted from the thrust of the conversation. Ahem.

JumpCrisscross 1y ago

> it was to decrease cervical cancer HPV can cause cancers in the cervix, vulva, vagina, penis, anus and back of the throat [1]. [1] https://www.cdc.gov/hpv/about/cancers-caused-by-hpv.html https://www.cdc.gov/hpv/about/cancers-caused-by-hpv.html

LorenPechtel 1y ago

The lead time from infection to cancer is very long, we would not expect to see too much of a drop *yet*. But testing for those strains seems to be as useful for screening as a pap smear.

grumbelbart2 1y ago
There are some results from Scotland already, all very positive https://academic.oup.com/jnci/article/116/6/857/7577291?login=false https://academic.oup.com/jnci/article/116/6/857/7577291?logi... > No cases of invasive cancer were recorded in women immunized at 12 or 13 years of age irrespective of the number of doses. > Women vaccinated at 14 to 22 years of age and given 3 doses of the bivalent vaccine showed a significant reduction in incidence compared with all unvaccinated women For the second group, cases dropped from 8.4 to 3.2 per 100k.

jakobnissen 1y ago

The Danish center for disease control's webpage for the vaccine links to a recent (5 year old) Swedish study: https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa1917338 https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa1917338 , but I couldn't find any Danish studies.