Open AccessAwareness about Human Papilloma Virus and its vaccine among medical students
Author(s) -
Sumita Mehta,
Shalini Rajaram,
Geetika Goel,
Neerja Goel
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
indian journal of community medicine/indian journal of community medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-3581
pISSN - 0970-0218
DOI - 10.4103/0970-0218.112438
Subject(s) - medicine , cervical cancer , vaccination , malignancy , hpv infection , incidence (geometry) , cervix , family medicine , cancer , human papilloma virus , gynecology , immunology , physics , optics
Cancer of the uterine cervix is the most common malignancy amongst women in India. Identification of its pre-cancerous lesions and prevention by HPV vaccine may go a long way in decreasing the incidence.