Cervical Cancer Prevention (PDQ®)–Health Professional Version

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Changes to This Summary (09/21/2017)

Overview

Added text to state that human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination during pregnancy has not been associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes (cited Scheller et al. as reference 10).

Description of Evidence

Added text to state that when corrected for the prevalence of hysterectomy, the mortality rate for black women is nearly twice the mortality rate for white women (cited Beavis et al. as reference 2).

Added text to state that HPV vaccination during pregnancy has not been associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes (cited Scheller et al. as reference 22).

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