Denmark plans to eradicate cervical cancer by 2040 – Liberation
A horizon full of promises. Denmark should have eradicated cervical cancer By 2040, thanks to membership of the HPV vaccination program and screening, the Danish league for cancer on Monday, April 14, April 14, April 14. « Even before 2040, so few women could be affected by the disease that it could be considered to be eliminated »welcomed the institution in a press release. « It will be the first time that a type of cancer has disappeared »she adds.
Currently, the rate of recurrence of this type of cancer is less than 10 in 100,000, according to a study published in The Journal of Danish doctors. According to the criteria of the World Health Organization, the disease will be considered eradicated in Denmark with a recurrence rate of less than 4 out of 100,000.
The rate papillomavirus infection vaccination (HPV), the main cause of the disease, is 89 % for 12 -year -old boys and girls at the first of the two doses of the vaccine. It is a little less than the target of 90 %.
The free vaccine was introduced to girls in 2008-2009 and 2019 in boys. On screening, 60 % of women in Denmark accept the offer, ten points less than the target of 70 % participation. Sweden displays an even closer eradication objective, in 2027, according to the Swedish Cancer (RCC) (RCC) (RCC) centers.
According to France’s public health figures, more than 100,000 students in fifth class have been vaccinated In 2023 while 300,000 teenagers of the same age were in town. What wear the total of 12 -year -old adolescents vaccinated to 420,000, or 48% of concerned. However, the rate of vaccination against papillomavirus is very low in France compared to other European countries, since it was only 28 % in 2020. Enough to worry health professionals and convince public authorities to multiply incentive campaigns. Still according to Public Health France, 3,000 cancers of the cervix are identified each year in the country.
