Primary and Secondary Prevention of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Disease in China

Summary

In a hospital-based multi-center study in China, HPV 16 was found to be the predominant type (72.9%) in cervical cancer, followed by HPV 18(8.0%) which indicated that if the HPV prophylactic vaccine are wisely applied in China, about 80% of cervical cancer can be prevented.The reported prevalence of HPV in the female population in China was about 13.2%, with women in the study between ages 15-55. HPV prevalence peaks in young adults (ages 20-24:15.5%) and pre-menopausal women (ages 45-49:15%) and this suggests an underestimation of cervical cancer burden in China. So far, there is no nation wide organized screening program in China, nor is the vaccine available for girls innocent to HPV infection. This study aims to vaccinate the daughters (aged between 13-15 yrs) living in the selected study areas thus to evaluate how cervical cancer and other HPV related diseases can be curbed through primary and secondary prevention(in company to screening the mothers aged 35-54 yrs) and to develop a China specific model for cervical cancer prevention through HPV vaccination and HPV DNA test (careHPV).

Timeline

Start

2010-06

Primary completion

2014-06

Completion

2014-12

Publications

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• Background Bosch FX, Lorincz A, Munoz N, Meijer CJ, Shah KV. The causal relation between human papillomavirus and cervical cancer. J Clin Pathol. 2002 Apr;55(4):244-65. doi: 10.1136/jcp.55.4.244.
• Background Trottier H, Franco EL. The epidemiology of genital human papillomavirus infection. Vaccine. 2006 Mar 30;24 Suppl 1:S1-15. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2005.09.054.
• Background Schiffman M, Castle PE. Human papillomavirus: epidemiology and public health. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2003 Aug;127(8):930-4. doi: 10.5858/2003-127-930-HPEAPH.
• Background Franco EL, Harper DM. Vaccination against human papillomavirus infection: a new paradigm in cervical cancer control. Vaccine. 2005 Mar 18;23(17-18):2388-94. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2005.01.016.
• Background Munoz N, Bosch FX, de Sanjose S, Herrero R, Castellsague X, Shah KV, Snijders PJ, Meijer CJ; International Agency for Research on Cancer Multicenter Cervical Cancer Study Group. Epidemiologic classification of human papillomavirus types associated with cervical cancer. N Engl J Med. 2003 Feb 6;348(6):518-27. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa021641.
• Background Cox JT. Epidemiology and natural history of HPV. J Fam Pract. 2006 Nov;Suppl:3-9.
• Background Padel AF, Venning VA, Evans MF, Quantrill AM, Fleming KA. Human papillomaviruses in anogenital warts in children: typing by in situ hybridisation. BMJ. 1990 Jun 9;300(6738):1491-4. doi: 10.1136/bmj.300.6738.1491.
• Background Sugase M, Moriyama S, Matsukura T. Human papillomavirus in exophytic condylomatous lesions on different female genital regions. J Med Virol. 1991 May;34(1):1-6. doi: 10.1002/jmv.1890340102.
• Background Qiao YL, Sellors JW, Eder PS, Bao YP, Lim JM, Zhao FH, Weigl B, Zhang WH, Peck RB, Li L, Chen F, Pan QJ, Lorincz AT. A new HPV-DNA test for cervical-cancer screening in developing regions: a cross-sectional study of clinical accuracy in rural China. Lancet Oncol. 2008 Oct;9(10):929-36. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(08)70210-9. Epub 2008 Sep 19.

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