Open AccessReal-World Effectiveness of Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Against Vulvovaginal High-Grade Precancerous Lesions and Cancers
Author(s) -
Christian Dehlendorff,
Louise Baandrup,
Susanne K. Kjær
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of the national cancer institute
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.797
H-Index - 356
eISSN - 1460-2105
pISSN - 0027-8874
DOI - 10.1093/jnci/djaa209
Subject(s) - medicine , hazard ratio , genital warts , confidence interval , gynecology , incidence (geometry) , cumulative incidence , cohort , vaginal cancer , obstetrics , proportional hazards model , vaccination , hpv infection , cervical cancer , cancer , immunology , physics , optics
Vaccination against human papillomavirus (HPV) has proven to be effective against severe cervical lesions and genital warts, whereas no previous study has provided real-world data on the HPV vaccine effectiveness against high-grade vulvovaginal lesions.