{"id":81385,"date":"2023-11-15T13:35:08","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T13:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/posterboyedit.com\/?p=81385"},"modified":"2023-11-15T13:35:08","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T13:35:08","slug":"nhs-will-eliminate-cervical-cancer-by-2040-as-jab-set-to-wipe-out-killer-virus-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/posterboyedit.com\/lifestyle\/nhs-will-eliminate-cervical-cancer-by-2040-as-jab-set-to-wipe-out-killer-virus-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"NHS will 'eliminate cervical cancer by 2040' as jab set to wipe out killer virus | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"
THE NHS will eliminate cervical cancer in England by 2040, chief executive Amanda Pritchard will pledge today.<\/p>\n
Vaccination is set to wipe out the sexually transmitted HPV virus that causes more than 99 per cent of cases.<\/p>\n
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And cervical screening will catch pre-cancerous growths before they evolve into tumours.<\/p>\n
It would be the first time England has eliminated a cancer and will make us one of the first in the world to do so.<\/p>\n
There are approximately 3,000 new cervical cancer cases and 850 deaths each year across the UK.<\/p>\n
Big Brother star Jade Goody died of the disease aged just 27 in 2009.<\/p>\n
Ms Pritchard said: \u201cTo eliminate cervical cancer would be an incredible, life-saving achievement and it could become a reality in the next two decades.<\/p>\n \u201cTo achieve our goal we need as many people as possible to take up the offer of screening and vaccination.\u201d<\/p>\n The World Health Organisation would class elimination as fewer than four cases per 100,000 women per year – roughly equal to fewer than 1,200 cases in England.<\/p>\n Around two thirds of women take up cervical smear tests, which are offered every three to five years to all women aged 25 to 64.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n NHS bosses want millions more to come forward for the screening, which detects cervical changes that indicate a future risk of cancer.<\/p>\n At-home \u201cself-sampling\u201d could also be rolled out to boost uptake.<\/p>\n Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination is offered to all teenage girls and boys in school Year 8 and is set to eradicate high-risk strains of the bug.<\/p>\n The charity Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust said: \u201cWe're really pleased that NHS England is pledging to eliminate cervical cancer by 2040.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cThe HPV vaccination programme is incredibly successful and has already led to an 87 per cent decrease in cervical cancer incidence in women in their 20s.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cBy improving the uptake of both cervical screening and HPV vaccines, we can make cervical cancer a thing of the past.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/picture>DIET WARNING <\/span><\/p>\n
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