Cervical cancer: burden of disease

Cervical cancer is a common cancer of women in developing countries, being either number one or two in many. Worldwide, the region of Asia Oceania covers a vast and diverse area geographically and ethnically, supporting around 60 per cent of the world’s population and contributing to just over half of the world burden of cervical cancer. (See Fig. 1). India, in particular, has one of the highest reported incidences and mortality for the region1. Overall these higher rates reflect lack of widespread screening and treatment facilities, as well Can cervical cancer be eradicated by prophylactic HPV vaccination? Challenges to vaccine implementatio