The HPV Vaccine - What the Family Practitioner Needs to Know

  • Franco Guidozzi University of the Witwatersrand
Keywords: HPV, family practitioner, cervix, cancer

Abstract

This article reviews the impact of human papilloma virus infection on the development of cervical cancer and the efficacy of newly developed HPV vaccines. These vaccines may have a major impact on the reduction of these common malignancies.

Author Biography

Franco Guidozzi, University of the Witwatersrand
MMed (O&G) Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Published
2008-07-15
Issue
Vol 50, No 4 - July/August 2008
Section
CPD
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