Cervical cancer rates were 87% lower in girls who were offered the vaccine when aged !2 and 13. it s estimated that by mid 2019, the hpvjab programme had prevented around 450 cervical cancers, and around 17,200 precancers, all of which would have needed some medical intervention. this study looked at people who both had the vaccine for hpv and were screened by cervical cancer. so cervical screening still remains important. as the vaccine gets taken up, more and more people are vaccinated, we might see changes to what the screening programme looks like. so that might be how often you go in, or what the test looks like. but for now, it s still really important that if you re invited to cervical screening to consider going. currently, cervical cancer claims the lives of around 850 women in the uk every year. but the researchers believe that in the future, a combination of the vaccine and screening ....