Dr. Howard Smith Oncall

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C4L6Ch7rgcC/ We know that vaccinating girls against carcinogenic strains of Human Papilloma Virus saves them from the heartbreak of cervical cancer later.  Now, a study from the University of Edinburgh shows that the optimal age to vaccine is at age 12 years. Reproductive health investigators there reviewed data from the Scottish cervical cancer system covering some 450,000 women.. None of the women vaccinated at 12 to 13 years of age developed invasive cervical cancer.  Those vaccinated between 14 and 22 years of age were 2.6 fold less likely than the unvaccinated to develop cervical cancer  The researchers, publishing in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, JNCI, indicate that planning to vaccinate your daughters with a 3 shot course of Gardasil can be lifesaving.  Don’t put it off.  Don’t be an anti-vaxxer since these vaccines are safe and effective. https://academic.oup.com/jnci/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/jnci/djad263/7577291 #cervicalcancer #