Cervical cancer incidence can increase despite HPV vaccination Diane M Harper, Pekka Nieminen, Jorma Paavonen, Matti Lehtinen The Lancet Infectious Diseases Volume 10, Issue 9, Pages 594-595 (September 2010) DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(10)70182-1 Copyright © 2010 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Sentinel warning By 2005, the incidence of cervical cancer had increased more than four times over the rate predicted by historical screening patterns for 30–39 year old Finnish women per 1 million person-years.7 The Lancet Infectious Diseases 2010 10, 594-595DOI: (10.1016/S1473-3099(10)70182-1) Copyright © 2010 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 Coverage of the 2003 Finnish cervical cancer screening programme in 2003 The dashed line represents the 70% minimum coverage rate that is needed to gain a population benefit from organised cervical cancer screening programmes.4,5 The Lancet Infectious Diseases 2010 10, 594-595DOI: (10.1016/S1473-3099(10)70182-1) Copyright © 2010 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions