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Editorial
. 2008 Dec 16;27(1):84.
doi: 10.1186/1756-9966-27-84.

Vaccination and screening programs: harmonizing prevention strategies for HPV-related diseases

Luciano Mariani, Sonia Pagliusi
Editorial

Vaccination and screening programs: harmonizing prevention strategies for HPV-related diseases

Luciano Mariani et al. J Exp Clin Cancer Res. .

Abstract

HPV vaccine is an exciting promise of the preventive medicine. Although HPV-immunization programs still reveal a number of unanswered questions, they represent a novel opportunity for primary prevention against cervical cancer and other HPV-related pre-neoplastic and neoplastic diseases. It is reasonable that the short and long-term benefits of vaccination on cervical and vulvo-vaginal HPV-related pathology will emerge when assuring over time a clear and complete information to the community and harmonizing the prevention strategies. Indeed, HPV-vaccination programs will require an understanding of new paradigms of infection and cancer control, and thus will require a rationale integration with the currently operating screening systems.

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