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What is the cervical cancer vaccine for? Does it really work?
Cervical cancer vaccine, also known as HPV vaccine, is an antibody that can make human body produce human papillomavirus after inoculation, thus avoiding human papillomavirus infection and preventing cervical cancer. It can be said that cervical cancer vaccine is the first cancer vaccine in human history.

Cervical cancer is the second most common female malignant tumor in the world. There are 48,000 new cases and 48,000 deaths in China every year. 99.7% of cervical cancer is caused by human papillomavirus (HPV) infection. Women can prevent 70-90% of cervical cancer by injecting HPV vaccine before their first sexual intercourse. Moreover, the effect of human papillomavirus vaccination is also obvious. In countries and regions with high vaccination coverage, the infection rate of human papillomavirus and the incidence of cervical precancerous lesions decreased by 90%. According to the evaluation data of 20 18, there are nearly 570,000 new cases of cervical cancer in the world every year, and more than 3 10000 women die of cervical cancer. The incidence and mortality of cervical cancer among urban and rural women in China are also increasing year by year, and they are younger. This further reflects the necessity of vaccination against cervical cancer.

HPV vaccine, so-called? Bivalent? 、? Four prices? 、? Nine prices? In fact, it is related to how many kinds of vaccines can be prevented. Several types of vaccines that can be prevented are called multivalent vaccines. For example, bivalent vaccine can prevent HPV 16 and 18, which can be understood as preventing 70% of cervical cancer. Tetravalent vaccine can prevent HPV 18 and HPV1kloc-0/; Nine-valent HPV vaccine can prevent nine kinds of human papillomavirus infection and prevent 90% of cervical cancer. Women can choose different types of vaccines according to their own needs and economic ability. And male vaccination has many benefits. Vaccines can not only prevent penile cancer and anal cancer, but also prevent human papillomavirus from spreading to partners. However, at present, male compatriots cannot be vaccinated in the mainland. If there is such a demand, they can only go to Hong Kong, Macao or abroad.