Abstract
Japanese girls aged 12-16 years are offered free human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination and cervical cancer screening is conducted with cytology and not HPV testing from the age of 20 years. So far, no study has analyzed the effect of HPV vaccination against cervical precancers considering HPV infection status and sexual activity. We aimed to analyze the vaccine effectiveness (VE) against HPV infection and cytological abnormalities, adjusted for sexual activity. This study comprised women aged 20-26 years who underwent cervical screening in Niigata. We obtained HPV vaccination status from municipal records and a questionnaire along with information concerning sexual activity. Of 5194 women registered for this study, final analyses included 3167 women in the vaccinated group (2821 vaccinated women prior to sexual debut) and 1386 women in the unvaccinated group. HPV 16/18 (0.2% vs 3.5%), 31/45/52 (3.4% vs 6.6%), and 31/33/45/52/58 (5.0% vs 9.3%) positive rates were significantly lower in the vaccinated group (P
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 3211-3220 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Cancer Science |
Volume | 113 |
Issue number | 9 |
Early online date | 11 Jul 2022 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Sept 2022 |
Bibliographical note
ACKNOWLEDGMENTSWe would like to thank Mr Kenshin Sekine and Mr Taishin Sekine for English editing, and Ms Yuka Watanabe, Ms Sachiko Ono, Ms Anna Ishida, and administrators of Niigata, Nagaoka, Joetsu, Shibata, Sanjo, Mitsuke city for their support in conducting the survey.
Keywords
- cervical cancer
- cytological abnormality
- HPV infection
- HPV vaccine
- sexual activity