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Cervical cancer is caused by some of the human papillomavirus (HPV), and is the second leading cause of cancer deaths among women. Until some years ago there were no medicines to prevent it, but recently it has developed a vaccine for this purpose.
The vaccine against HPV and cervical cancer, protects against four types of HPV, the main agents of disease, existing between forty-two that are the cause of cervical cancer and two that cause genital warts . That is, the vaccine is very effective but does not provide total protection.
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