9 to 45 years old!Nine -valent HPV vaccine expansion

From the age of 16-26 to the age of 9-45, the news of the nine-valent HPV vaccine's applicable population expansion has attracted widespread attention. Cervical cancer is a malignant tumor for women and the main "killer" that threatens women's health. According to the latest research report of the International Cancer Research Agency (IARC) in 2021, about 110,000 new cervical cancer cases in my country in 2020, in the cancer of women aged 15 to 44, the incidence of cervical cancer ranks third.

Xu Xiaohong, chief physician of the Department of Gynecology and Oncology, Beijing Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, said in an interview with the People's Daily Online that the scope of the inquiry of the nine -valent HPV vaccine will benefit more women.

Nine -valent HPV vaccination age expands to women from 9 to 45 years old

"By vaccination, HPV infections can be prevented and the probability of cervical cancer can be reduced. Therefore, inoculation HPV vaccine is very important to women." Xu Xiaohong said.

She introduced that the age range approved by the nine -valent HPV vaccine mainly depends on the age range of the crowd in clinical trials. Earlier, women aged 16 to 26 were approved by the nine -valent HPV vaccine. If they exceeded the age range, they used to replace the two -price or four -valent vaccine in the past. It's a good news.

Has vaccinated two -valent, quadrilateral HPV vaccine, and can still be vaccinated

Many people now want to vaccinate the nine -valent HPV vaccine as soon as possible, but it is generally difficult to make an appointment. Can it be replaced by the second price or the quadrilateral HPV vaccine?

Xu Xiaohong said that at present, HPV vaccines listed in China include two -valent, four -valent and nine -valent vaccine. Two-valent HPV vaccine is targeted at HPV-16 and HPV-18; Two-valent HPV vaccine increases the two low-risk types of HPV-6 and HPV-11 on the basis of these two; Based on the quadrilateral vaccine, there are 5 high-risk types of HPV, namely HPV-31, HPV-33, HPV-45, HPV-52, HPV-58.

"The main pathogenic factor of cervical cancer is human papilloma virus infection, that is, HPV infection. Among them, HPV-16 and HPV-18 are the most common. The binary HPV vaccine has covered this range and can prevent 70%of cervical cancer. It happened. Therefore, if the nine -valent HPV vaccine is not reserved, you can also inoculate two -price or quadruple HPV vaccine. "Xu Xiaohong said.

Xu Xiaohong emphasized that the HPV vaccine has a significant effect on the prevention and prevention effect of infection, especially before the first act of vaccination, which can achieve the maximum protection effect. It is recommended to vaccinate the HPV vaccine as soon as possible. For those who have been vaccinated with two -price or quadrilateral HPV vaccine, they can also make nine -valent HPV vaccines in the future.

Source: People's Daily Online

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