CDC report adds to evidence that HPV vaccine is preventing cervical cancer in U.S. women From 2008 to 2022, rates for precancerous lesions decreased about 80% among young women who were screened

https://www.statnews.com/2025/02/27/hpv-vaccine-prevents-cervical-cancer-women-cdc-report/?utm_campaign=morning_rounds&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_KgMI1-mwEic_dJFM3Tpjwv3Mpj0T180KEY6sBDyNpRqj04qc1y5Jl585PculAIVNjGGpBbSS38aY_FaCVauS13uLqzg&_hsmi=349955347&utm_content=349955347&utm_source=hs_email Cervical cancer diverges along rural-urban divide Here’s another example of your ZIP code bearing more significance than just about any other health metric. Take cervical cancer, a disease that a vaccine can prevent and screening tests can flag at a precancerous stage. Those two forms of prevention help people only if they can get them, a research letter published yesterday in JAMA Network Open reports. Incidence and mortality rates have been climbing in rural counties in the U.S. since 2012. Cases were 25% higher and deaths were 42% higher in rural counties compared to urban counties through 2019. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2830824?guestAccessKey=c0957767-f5eb-4d6d-88a4-15c747418b57&utm_term=030325&utm_campaign=ftm_links&utm_medium=referral&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8IIkISp_NaBY-FDNrK2hY6-g3bi80oHIzz4Dp0bfridG0X6W98ozO4YnRwMhygoREyk1zBEeblaPLdfJBnta12FLc8hg&_hsmi=349955347&utm_content=tfl&utm_source=for_the_media That’s sobering news after a CDC report last week that said among women 20 to 24 years old, the rates of precancerous lesions fell by 80%, a testament to a vaccine recommended before girls and boys enter their teens. But both HPV vaccination and screening are lower in rural countries compared to urban counties, study author Trisha Amboree told me. “If you do find a cancer case in a rural area, are they actually able to get into treatment in time to have effective treatment?” she asked. I have more here. Rural-urban divide in cervical cancer means more cases and deaths Study shows incidence and mortality rising in rural U.S. counties https://www.statnews.com/2025/03/03/cervical-cancer-cases-rise-rural-urban-divide/?utm_campaign=morning_rounds&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-88rq4msZLkRpFzV6NV4Bih3QFVy6izpqcyxZQ4SGIIzFU5jnLJIueUuGa5uV6C-E46EM8ctBE00_t9RTTg6MsotmIyLw&_hsmi=349955347&utm_content=349955347&utm_source=hs_email