Advances in cervical cancer prevention: Efficacy, effectiveness, elimination?

With major advances in understanding the infectious etiology of cervical cancer, preventive medicine has obtained highly promising new tools. Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines, together with a growing arsenal of HPV-based screening tests, have the potential to radically change public health but require diligent, large-scale implementation to reach the final goal: the elimination of cervical cancer. We reflect here upon the state of cervical cancer prevention globally as there have been several recent developments that will inform this implementation process.
Competing Interests: We have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: KS has received research grants to her institution from Merck and Co., Inc. and MSD Sweden for register-based studies on HPV vaccination in Sweden. ME has no conflicts.