Is the HPV Vaccine Proved to Prevent Cervical Cancer?
No. Since HPV is found in connection with most cervical cancers, the theory was that a vaccine against HPV would prevent cervical cancer. However the vaccine studies couldn’t demonstrate this simply because there were no cases of cervical cancer in the vaccinated group, or in the group that got dummy shots. Instead, Gardasil makers used a substitute measure (or surrogate marker) for cancer. They compared abnormal pre-cancerous Pap results in people who were vaccinated versus not vaccinated.
